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THE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A LARGE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY: EVIDENCE FROM UC MERCED.

In this paper, I estimate the short‐run economic effects of the opening of The University of California, Merced in 2005 by comparing Merced with a counterfactual constructed by the synthetic control method. During the period 2005–2014, the opening of the campus has increased local employment by 13%,...

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Published in:Economic Inquiry Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 316 - 333
Main Author: Lee, Jongkwan
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2019
Subjects:
University of California (System)
Economic impact
Employment statistics
United States economy
Research universities & colleges
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