Do research universities boost regional economic development? - Evidence from China

Shuai Chu and Xiangbo Liu

No 748, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: This paper studies whether research universities can boost regional economic development through an exogenous shock of a forced relocation of a research university in China. We analyze the development in the treated regions compared with a set of control regions that are created using the synthetic control method and find that research universities can have negative effects on local economic development. We then perform a series of robustness checks. Our main results carry through. By employing a more exogenous shock and more reliable identification strategies, our study provides evidence that research universities do not necessarily promote regional economic development.

Keywords: Research Universities; Regional Economic Development; Synthetic Control Method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-cse, nep-cwa, nep-geo and nep-ure
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