Identifying the Effects of Place-based Policies – Causal Evidence from Germany

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:	2016
Authors:	Dettmann, Eva ; Brachert, Matthias ; Titze, Mirko
Publisher:	Halle (Saale) : Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
Subject:	evaluation \| industrial policy \| regression discontinuity design

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Series:	IWH Discussion Papers ; 18/2016
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	860331326 [GVK] hdl:10419/142019 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:iwhdps:iwh-18-16 [RePEc]
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:	EconStor

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