Fernandes, JoanaCunha, JorgeOliveira, Pedro Nuno Ferreira Pinto de2013-11-122013-11-122013Fernandes, Joana; Cunha, Jorge; Oliveira, Pedro (2013). An alternative to the ACE model to determine highereducation institution’s economic impact the case of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. In 35th Annual EAIR Forum. Rotterdamhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/8973This paper discusses Higher Education Institutions’(HEIs) impact on regional economy. The case study was built over a Portuguese Higher Education Institution - the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB). That study intended to estimate the total impact of IPB and the approach followed was initially based on the demand-side approach (Caffrey & Isaacs, 1971). However, during the study it was necessary to develop a simpler model to estimate the economic impact of HEIs. The simplified model aimed to be a more direct and easier alternative to estimate HEI’s impact, also allowing comparisons between different HEI’s results.engFunding-state higher educationHigher education policy/developmentInstitutional performance measuresconference object