Macroeconomic Impacts of the University and Industry Cooperation Centre of Győr

Some Methods of Aalysis with Input-Output Tables and the SZEconomy-GyőRIO Model

Absztrakt

Győr is one of the locations of the Hungarian higher education system where an University and an Industry Cooperation Centre (UICC) are to be established. UICC enables Széchenyi István University to operate as a regional hub and economic catalyst beyond, but in close relation with its basic educational and research mission. Supporting suppliers and buyers to intensify their cooperation means catalysing input-output relations along the value chains. Methods, based on inputoutput tables, provide an effective toolkit in practice in order to analyse potential macroeconomic impacts. This study presents some examples of augmenting cross-industry data with individual company information to obtain more precise results. These hybrid techniques are going to be utilized in the SZEconomy portal, which is an important part of the proposed development programme. SZEconomy is a bunch of interconnected economic models that can help UICC to fulfil its mission offering a forecasting, planning and monitoring system for regional
improvements. In order to o investigate national level effects, the updated versions of the input-output table of the official Central Statistical Office can be used. To quantify local impacts, we have developed the regional input-output model of the Győr Industrial Area, called GyőRIO. For GyőRIO, the UICC impact analysis is the first and probably also the primary application in the future.
The paper unravels as follows: after a short introduction the first and second sections discuss the aims and relating features of UICC and SZEconomy in more detail; the third section justifies why the input-output model is a feasible framework for analysing UICC impacts; from the fourth to seventh sections it demonstrates the use of the input-output tables for this specific purpose through simplified examples; the eighth section concludes and flashes the detailed database and tools for real analyses and the methods for future researches and applications.