Regional economic impacts of the university of Waikato

Abstract

The economic impacts of the 1992 operations of the University of Waikato for the Waikato region are documented using a regional input‐output model with 76 producing or intermediate sectors. Operations of the University are combined with non‐fee expenditures of NZ and foreign students to provide total impacts on regional turnover, product, household income and employment. Point estimates for impacts indicate that the University and its students account for between 2.7% and 3.3% of the above impacts in the Waikato region.

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Department of Economics, University of Waikato.