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-side contributions of the university locations within Lower-Saxony using a combination of multiplier analysis and spatial econometrics on … or a selected university location but gives a complete picture of the importance and significance of all university … results give a complete and reproducible impression of the importance and significance of the different university locations …
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We study the effect of political regime change on higher education and its distributional and political consequences. We focus on the 1973 coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile. The Pinochet dictatorship's aims of political control and fiscal conservatism led to a large reduction...
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differentiating between public research activities conducted by universities, technical colleges (Fachhochschulen) and non-university … between the publication rate of non-university research institutes and regional investment and employment rates. Furthermore …
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This paper examines the potential role of higher education subsidies as an insurance device against the risk of having a short life, that is, as a device reducing the variance in lifetime well-being due to unequal longevities. We use a two-period dynamic OLG economy with human capital and risky...
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The content of the article is focused on the problem of spatial dependence identification, referring to the analysis of regional economic development. Economic development, as an economic category, represents a very extensive concept. Within its framework the following problems should be...
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Modern cluster theory provides reasons for positive external effects that accrue from the interaction of spatially proximate firms operating in common and related fields of economic activity. In this paper, we examine the impact of R&D-intensive clusters as a key factor of regional...
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We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The … a higher teaching quality but pay higher tuition fees. -- university competition ; research ; tuition fees …
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between universities and governments. Student mobility generates a university competition effect which induces them to … reduce tax revenues at the expense of research. -- student mobility ; worker mobility ; university competition ; government …
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We investigate the determinants of students' university choice, with a focus on expected monetary returns, non … shows a strikingly good fit. Our results show that 37% of students are financially constrained in the university choice, and … of having data on these aspects for understanding university choice in any context. …
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