Research Center in Business and Economics

Recent Projects

• Charitable Giving - surveyed Rhode Island residents on their opinions on charitable giving. 
  
  
• Rhode Island Consumer Confidence Poll - sponsored by Bank Boston, an ongoing quarterly survey of state residents to assess economic confidence and buying plans. 
  
  
• RI Local Telephone Competition - funded by Rhode Island Public Utility Commission and a joint project with RITIM to survey RI residents on their opinions on telephone services and possibility of local telephone competition.
  
  
• Survey of Rhode Island Manufacturers - sponsored by Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Services (RIMES), designed to understand the utilization of RIMES services provided to manufacturers in Rhode Island. 
  
  
• Joint Project with Sea Corp - SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant to develop a CD-Rom product for out-of-school youth.
  
  
• Development of the URI/Providence Journal Economics Indicators - a quarterly index of economic strengths and weakness. 
  
  
• Relationship Quality Measurement Instrument for a major international electronics company. 
  
  
• Child Care Market Rate Study - a biannual survey of child care costs used to determine state reimbursement rates. 
  
  
• Economics Development Corporations' Labor Market Information Project - designed to determine Rhode Island's economics information needs and develop a system for improved economics forecasting and information sharing. 
  
  
• Town Meeting Project - using surveys and focus groups to examine current issues such as transportation, South Providence economics development, and voting behavior. 
  
  

Surveys results are available for order. Please visit our list of publications.