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| Language | English |
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| Pages | n/a |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Regional Studies |
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| Issue number | n/a |
| Early online date | 12 Jul 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Keywords
- Higher Education Institutions
- Scotland
- impact study
- multipliers
- public-sector expenditure
- devolution
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‘Policy scepticism’ and the impact of Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) on their host region : accounting for regional budget constraints under devolution. / Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, Peter; Swales, John.
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T1 - ‘Policy scepticism’ and the impact of Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) on their host region
T2 - Regional Studies
AU - Hermannsson, Kristinn
AU - Lisenkova, Katerina
AU - McGregor, Peter
AU - Swales, John
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A “policy scepticism” has emerged that challenges the results of conventional regional HEI impact analyses. Its denial of the importance of the expenditure impacts of HEIs appears to be based on a belief in either a binding regional resource constraint or a regional public sector budget constraint. In this paper we provide a systematic critique of this policy scepticism. However, while rejecting the extreme form of policy scepticism, we argue that it is crucial to recognise the importance of the public-sector expenditure constraints that are binding under devolution. We show how conventional impact analyses can be augmented to accommodate regional public sector budget constraints. While our results suggest that conventional impact studies overestimate the expenditure impacts of HEIs, they also demonstrate that the policy scepticism that treats these expenditure effects as irrelevant neglects some key aspects of HEIs, in particular their export intensity.
AB - A “policy scepticism” has emerged that challenges the results of conventional regional HEI impact analyses. Its denial of the importance of the expenditure impacts of HEIs appears to be based on a belief in either a binding regional resource constraint or a regional public sector budget constraint. In this paper we provide a systematic critique of this policy scepticism. However, while rejecting the extreme form of policy scepticism, we argue that it is crucial to recognise the importance of the public-sector expenditure constraints that are binding under devolution. We show how conventional impact analyses can be augmented to accommodate regional public sector budget constraints. While our results suggest that conventional impact studies overestimate the expenditure impacts of HEIs, they also demonstrate that the policy scepticism that treats these expenditure effects as irrelevant neglects some key aspects of HEIs, in particular their export intensity.
KW - Higher Education Institutions
KW - Scotland
KW - impact study
KW - multipliers
KW - public-sector expenditure
KW - devolution
U2 - 10.1080/00343404.2012.697139
DO - 10.1080/00343404.2012.697139
M3 - Article
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JO - Regional Studies
JF - Regional Studies
SN - 0034-3404
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