Contributions of Universities to regional economic development: A quasi-experimental approach

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 733-746

  Goldstein, Harvey A ^a   Renault, Catherine S ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; Knowledge spillovers; Regional economic development; Universities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5644238559     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000265232     Document Type: Article

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