Identifying the effects of place-based policies : causal evidence from German

Eva Dettmann, Matthias Brachert, Mirko Titze

The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the investment grant on regional outcomes. We find positive effects for regional gross value-added and productivity growth, but no effects for employment and gross wage growth.

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Year of publication:	May 2016
Authors:	Dettmann, Eva ; Brachert, Matthias ; Titze, Mirko
Publisher:	Munich : CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute
Subject:	evaluation \| industrial policy \| regression discontinuity design \| Industriepolitik \| Industrial policy \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Kausalanalyse \| Causality analysis \| Regressionsanalyse \| Regression analysis \| Regionalpolitik \| Regional policy

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 40 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 5901
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/141878 [Handle]
Classification:	A11 - Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists ; D61 - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; H20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue. General ; Z00 - Other Special Topics. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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