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标题：Determining Economic Contributions and Impacts: What is the difference and why do we care?
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作者：Watson, Philip ; Wilson, Joshua ; Thilmany, Dawn D. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2007
期号：suppl
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：Economic contribution and impact studies are common tasks for regional economists, but the semantics of the discipline suffer from a lack of standardization with respect to dif-ferences between economic contributions, impacts and benefits. These terms refer to 3 dis-tinct metrics which are useful for answering different questions and each has situations when their use is appropriate. This article provides a pedagogical and methodological framework for how and when these terms should be applied in the context of regional eco-nomic analysis. Past studies are reviewed and a standardized semantic is presented. It is recommended that economists working in this field use a more explicit and unified termi-nology and methodology when conducting regional economic analysis.