Meta-analysis was applied to identify the principal explanatory factors of the variations observed in the economic base multipliers : Rough Set Data Analysis (RSDA). The results show major influence of the socio-economic characteristics and a limited quality of meta-model for very low value of...

This paper demonstrates the potential of meta-analysis as a comparative research tool in rural and regional economics. Meta-analysis is applied to the results of economic base modelling (400 study areas) designed for the estimation of multiplier effects in small regional economies. The...