The economic development impacts of universities on regions: Do size and distance matter?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-43

  Goldstein, Harvey ^a   Drucker, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Externalities; Higher education; Knowledge production; Universities

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

EID: 31544483640     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405283387     Document Type: Article

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