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Constraining and enabling factors of a successful regional policy in Europe

Fratesi, Ugo - 2024

Recent papers show that the impact of Cohesion Policy is not uniform in space but larger, smaller or insignificant depending on the regions. These outcomes mostly depend on the characteristics of each territory (conditioning factors). This paper reviews them and investigates, through descriptive...

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Cluster externalities, firm capabilities, and the recessionary shock: How the macro-to-micro-transition shapes firm performance during stable times and times of crisis

Hundt, Christian; Holtermann, Linus; Steeger, Jonas; … - 2019

In this paper, we examine the macro-to-micro-transition of cluster externalities to firms and how it is affected by the … interactions between firm- and cluster-level determinants on phase-related differences in firm performance between a pre … firms depends on a working macro-to-micro transition of external resources, which presupposes sufficient cluster …

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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks: Evidence from German counties

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019

There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...

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What does ex-post evidence tell us about the output effects of future tax reforms?

Kneller, Richard Anthony; Misch, Florian - 2011

This paper reviews the existing evidence on the effects of tax reforms on output levels and growth over the short and long run from different strands of the literature. It develops and applies criteria to evaluate the usefulness of ex-post estimates to predict the effects of tax reforms ex-ante....

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What does ex-post evidence tell us about the output effects of future tax reforms?

Kneller, Richard Anthony; Misch, Florian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

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The role of administrative capacity for an effective implementation of EU cohesion policy

Bachtrögler, Julia - 2024

This reflection paper examines the influence of administrative capacity on the absorption and effective use of Cohesion Policy funds. First, it examines the current level of absorption of Cohesion Policy funds in the 2014-2020 programming period. Second, a literature review on the relationship...

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Enhancing objectivity and decision relevance: A better framework for evaluating cohesion policies

Heinemann, Friedrich; Asatryan, Zareh; Bachtrögler, Julia - 2024

By international comparison as well as compared to other EU policies, the EU's Cohesion Policy (CP) evaluation system is far developed and institutionalized. This paper analyses the remaining gaps and shortcomings in the CP evaluation system against principles established by the OECD and others...

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On the role of EU cohesion policy for climate policy

Feld, Lars P.; Hassib, Joshua - 2024

Cohesion policy in the European Union (EU) has been widely accepted as a tool to advance the catch-up process, i.e., helping member countries with lower GDP per capita to grow faster economically in order to arrive at similarly high-income levels as member countries with higher GDP per capita....

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Stimuliert der BioRegio-Wettbewerb die Bildung von Biotechnologieclustern in Deutschland?

Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005

. Further, exclusive financial support of BRC winning regions does not contribute significantly to cluster biotechnology …

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Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs: The Case of the German Biotechnology Industry

Engel, Dirk; Heneric, Oliver - 2005

The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany?s biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according the local embeddedness and research affinity of founders....

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