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Contextualizing regional policy impact: A contribution to more effective policy-making
No full textBy analysing the interactions between the context in which policies are applied and the policy typologies which are implemented, it is possible to improve our understanding of policy mechanisms and to obtain more targeted and effective policies, with stronger impacts. This paper analyses the notable contributions that Italian scholars have provided to the improvement of policies through quantitative regional policy assessment studies, focusing on studies which belong to the recently flourishing literature on conditioning factors. The contribution of Italian scholars to these aspects is presented by theme, for the purpose of identifying which conditions matter for policy effectiveness. Most of the relevant literature is at a macro-meso level but also micro level papers are referenced when relevant. Some lines for currently underexplored further research avenues are also presented
Measuring competitiveness differentials inside the same region: a propensity-score matching approach
Full text linkThis paper analyses regional competitiveness at the subregional level through a novel methodological approach that adopts a matching design. By comparing the performance of similar firms in different parts of the region, it is possible to detect whether different places provide different competitive territorial assets. Using data for Lombardy, a large and competitive European region, the analysis shows that the different territories of the region are differently competitive in different industries, even when they are similar in terms of total GDP per capita or specialization. The paper also confirms that measuring competitiveness on different indicators (Labour Productivity, TFP, Profitability) can provide different results, and this especially happens when comparing static and dynamic indicators. The methodology presented here is especially relevant to the design of regional policies, that are mostly deployed at the NUTS-2 level but would benefit from accounting for the presence of strongly dis-homogeneous territories inside the same region
Territorial resilience and competitiveness policies: lombardy in programming period 2007-2013
No full textThe paper studies the relationship between competitiveness policies and resilience. In particular, the work focuses on Lombardy in the programming period 2007-2013, broadly coinciding with the economic crisis. Economic data at the municipality and local labour system levels are used, jointly with Opencoesione policy data, properly reclassified. Following a territorial approach, different situations are evidenced within the region, in terms of impacts of the crisis and capability to attract policy development funds. Urban areas show a higher capability to attract projects and be resilient. At the same time, the detected effects of competitiveness policies on resilience are more important for smaller municipalities and smaller local labour systems
The influence of the local context on the implementation and impact of EU Cohesion Policy
Full text linkThis paper analyzes the impact of the European Union's Cohesion Policy on firm growth in the programming period 2007–13 in seven European countries. Results show that Cohesion Policy support promotes firm growth in size (value added and employment) more than in productivity. However, even when the policy is the same and similar projects and beneficiaries are considered, its effectiveness varies across different territorial contexts, among but also within countries. In several cases, the impact of grants on firm growth is larger in regions with lower income or scant endowments of territorial assets, most likely because firms in those regions cannot rely on external assets
Administrative capacity and the territorial effects of EU support to firms: a two-step analysis
No full textThis paper investigates whether territorial characteristics and, in particular, regional administrative capacity influence the effects of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy support to firms. A novel two-step methodology is applied. First, the effects of Cohesion Policy on employment growth of supported manufacturing firms are estimated separately for the regions of six different EU countries. Second, potential territorial factors influencing these effects are explored using meta-analysis techniques. The empirical results point to a significant relationship between firm-level policy effects and territorial capital, especially mixed-materiality assets, as well as administrative capacity as proxied by citizen engagement and administrative efficiency
Economic resilience and regionally differentiated cycles: Evidence from a turning point approach in Italy
Full text linkThe literature on regional resilience often neglects the timing of recessions and simply uses national cycles. Region-specific cycles and turning points might bias the results, however, and affect the choice of regions to target with policies. This paper investigates the geography and determinants of regional resilience with a regional turning point approach, using data for Italy, a country with a well-known and sizeable regional divide. The results show that the timing of regional cycles varies substantially and that the detected resilience determinants are different across the two approaches, implying that the policy levers may be wrongly estimated with national turning points
Investigating the Spatial Patterns of Regional Fiscal Residua in Italy
No full textThe concept of fiscal residuum as a territorial-based index of public activity has achieved odd popularity among researchers and practitioners, and it is largely used in the public debate, though it presents several limitations. In this paper, one of such weaknesses is explicitly addressed: the inclusion of regional economic linkages in the evaluation of the economic effects of regional fiscal residua. We apply a novel methodology to Italian data on regionalised public revenues and expenditures for the years 2000-2017. We augment the one-step approach used for analysing the long- and short-run economic effects of regional fiscal residua with information on the trade linkages occurring across the regions and we find a limited redistributive effect of the fiscal system from a territorial perspective. The risk-enhancing role of the fiscal system is also detected. We find that regional disposable income growth positively depends on the growth of regional disposable income of the trade partners of a given region. Our results confirm the relevance of economic linkages among the regions and suggest the importance of considering fiscal residua within the broad perspective of the role of interregional transfers for regional development
One policy, different effects: Estimating the region‐specific impacts of EU cohesion policy
Full text linkMany academic papers have looked at the economic effects of the EU cohesion policy, which still remain an open empirical issue. The focus of the most recent literature has been on the heterogeneous effects of the policy and the identification of regional conditioning factors. However, most of the existing studies generally assume slope homogeneity for different cross-sectional units (i.e., regions) and they estimate the average effects of the policy for all the European regions and/or selected groups of regions. Past works also employ data covering few programming periods. This paper has two main goals. First, we study the heterogeneous consequences of EU cohesion policy on regional economic growth in Europe over the past three decades, by applying a heterogeneous coefficient approach to new panel-time series data. We calculate the region-specific effects of the policy in terms of long-run gross domestic product growth. Second, we study regional differences in terms of policy effects depending on the level of assistance received by the regions. We make a distinction among cases of effective, ineffective, trigger and marginal policy. We also document that the effectiveness of EU cohesion policy in the long run can be explained by some of the key factors used in the literature. Finally, we discuss the need for ineffective cases to learn from effective and trigger ones
The role of Cohesion Policy for sustaining the resilience of European regional labour markets during different crises
No full textWhilst the analysis of the impact of Cohesion Policy funds is well documented, little is known about the short-term consequences of Cohesion Policy during economic crises and its implications for regional resilience. To study these issues, we assemble novel, panel time-series data on Cohesion Policy covering almost four programming periods and different shocks in the European Union. Using heterogeneous coefficients panel models, we find a general positive impact of Cohesion Policy on regional resilience, although with region- and crisis-specific patterns during different shocks. Our results also suggest the presence of regional variation regarding regional labour market resilience over the past three decades.</p
EyesReg: un anno in rete
No full textL'articolo costituisce il riepilogo delle esperienze condotte dagli autori, membri del comitato di redazione della rivista EyesReg, ad un anno dalla sua nascita, e si concentra in particolare sui temi e gli aspetti - tradizionali ed emergenti -che con maggiore vivacità hanno animato il dibattito sulle scienze regionali sulle colonne della rivist
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