While public policy guidelines emphasise the need to consider sustainability issues as interconnected, policymakers often focus on specific problem areas. The concept of "policy mix" was introduced to highlight that adopting a single policy instrument is insufficient for effective territorial...

Using OLS, probit, and semi-nonparametric regression analysis on survey data, this article examines the factors associated with the successful economic integration of Chinese returnees, as indicated by their career and income satisfaction. Those motivated to return by talent policy are...

Sustainability Transition challenges public authorities, public decision-makers and public policies. Indeed, more than a single policy instrument is likely to be required to achieve Sustainability Transition targets. Policy researchers have understudied rationales and approaches for policy mixes...

This study provides empirical evidence on the input and output additionality achieved by UK firms receiving R&D tax incentives only, R&D and innovation grants only, and a combination of both incentives. Four key findings emerge. First, we find strong evidence of input additionality from each...

We show that the effectiveness of redistribution policy is tied to how much inflation it generates, and thereby to monetary‐fiscal adjustments that ultimately finance the transfers. In the monetary regime, taxes increase to finance transfers while in the fiscal regime, inflation rises,...

Economists have become very influential intellectuals in our contemporary society. The scientific knowledge produced by the discipline and the academic status of economists can be considered as a decisive power resource in media debates and politics. The current state of economics has been...