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7SURVEY METHODOLOGY An online survey program was utilized to design and implement two surveys, one for users of economic impact studies and one for authors. A standalone version of the survey was made available to those who did not complete the survey online and those results were then manually entered into the survey response database.
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8the users and authors of airport economic impact studies were 20.9 and 15.6, respectively. The intended audiences of the airport economic impact studies were primarily government agencies, citizen/resident groups, and airport management.
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9that an objective was to measure the significance of the airport to specific industries. Non-hub airports were more likely than either general aviation or hub airports to use the economic impact study to supplement an airport system plan.
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10 by a majority in both groups of survey recipients. Variables identified in the category "other" included off-airport impacts, tax revenues generated by airports, induced economic impacts, investment impacts, regional economic growth, airport construction, and benefits to local businesses.
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Economic Input–Output Model Community Benefits Qualitative Survey "What-if" Analyses Users Authors FIGURE 4 Share of respondents identifying method as "extremely" or "very" useful. 11 Methodology Ranking User's Response (%)
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12 The input–output method was ranked as the most useful by both groups. The majority of both groups also indicated that the input–output method and the use of qualitative surveys were either "very useful" or "extremely useful." The groups differed in their evaluation of measuring community benefits.
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13 Other limitations are also worth noting. Both groups indicated dissatisfaction with the lack of standardization in the airport economic impact study process.
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