AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE GREAT NORTHERN PORT PLANNED FOR CRÉMAILLÈRE HARBOUR ON THE GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA: A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN PORT CORP AND IBM CANADA LTD
Dr. Wade Locke and Daniel Moore, Department of Economics, Memorial University and The Collaborative Applied Research in Economics (CARE) Inititive, May 6, 2020
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DEMOSTRATING THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ST. JOHN'S REGION: A PILOT STUDY
Darlene Scott, Dr. Wade Locke, and Penelope Rowe, September 2015
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Community sector groups are focused on satisfying social missions but are also employers, tenants, property owners, consumers and service-deliverers. These organizations manage budgets, employ skilled workers, contribute to the tax base and exercise their substantial purchasing power within the local economy. However, groups that operate on a nonprofit basis are more likely to be recognized in terms of their missions; their contributions to the social good; ...the positive outcomes delivered to their clientele and general improvement in the quality of life within the communities in which they operate. Yet, these groups which do ‘good’ for our communities also spend real dollars and cents purchasing actual goods and services and, as such, contribute in a significant way to the local economy. Because these impacts are often overlooked, this report addresses the extent to which community groups may contribute to local economic activities. This report fills a research void by demonstrating their economic contributions.

 

AN ESTIMATE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS GENERATED BY MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
Dr. Wade Locke and Professor Scott Lynch, June 2014
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A report that quantifies the significant, substantial and sustainable economic impacts of Memorial University within Newfoundland and Labrador has been prepared by Memorial’s Collaborative Applied Research in Economics (CARE) initiative. According to Dr. Wade Locke and Prof. Scott Lynch ...of Memorial University’s Department of Economics, and two of the principal investigators with CARE, the current prosperity of the province has been enabled, enhanced and facilitated by the activities of Memorial University, which in turn benefits from the strong economy.