Appalachian’s economic impact on region exceeds $500 million

BOONE— Spending by Appalachian State University, its employees and students, and visitors to campus had a $506 million total economic impact on the region in the 2006-07 fiscal year, according to a report compiled by the Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis housed in Appalachian’s Walker College of Business.
Economics professors Todd L. Cherry, Michael [...]