This work provides an empirical analysis of the development of Italian provinces over the period 1952-1992, investigating the existence of convergence and/or divergence processes, identifying groups of provinces characterised by similar growth patterns and examining the role played by various...

In order to reduce CO2 emissions from a power plant, CO2 can be captured either from the syngas that is to be burned or from the flue gases exiting the energy conversion process. Postcombustion capture has the advantage that it can be applied to retrofit existing power plants. In this paper the...

In this paper the authors compare monoethanolamine (MEA) to aqueous ammonia (AA) and a solvent mixture of aqueous ammonia and ethanol (EAA) with respect to their post-combustion CO2 capture performance and their environmental impact. Simulation of all processes was carried out with Aspen Plus®...

Several analyses show that regional capital incentives induce additional investment and growth (Schalk and Untiedt, 2000). The impact of capital subsidies on employment is more doubtful, even if many studies found that the substitution effect outweighs the output effect (Gabe and Kraybill,...

There is still little consensus among economists on the effectiveness of business support policies. The evaluation of such policies requires a reliable identification procedure that is hardly achieved in empirical studies. We analyse the impact of a policy instrument – Law 488/92 (L488), the...

Developed countries have used several place-based policies to address the socioeconomic underdevelopment of their lagging regions ranging from tax exemptions to soft loans. Among these place-based policies, investment subsidies to private firms are one of the most popular in the EU. However, the...

The shortage of studies on spatial spillovers of industrial policies is rather surprising considering that such policies are usually designed for generating spatial externalities. In this paper we propose a new framework that partially relaxes the SUTVA and allows contrasting the positive...

D<sc>e</sc> C<sc>astris</sc> M. and P<sc>ellegrini</sc> G. Evaluation of spatial effects of capital subsidies in the South of Italy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The spatial effects of capital subsidies are neglected in the literature even if several industrial policies have a strong spatial dimension. This study disentangles the...