The aim of the article is to assess the role and the level of social participation in local development in the light of the opinions of local governments and entities of social economy. In the new paradigm of territorial development, an importantrole is attributed to the cooperation of local...

The main objective of this work is to review the recent achievements on the mechanisms explaining local and rural development, which underpin the current definition of rural areas in the European literature. The analysis carried out in this article acknowledges a gap between local development...

This paper investigates the local economic consequences of prison closures in the US during the early 2010s. I use an empirical strategy that combines matching and difference-in-differences methods and estimate the causal effects on local labor market, population and housing outcomes. Prison...

Through a review of the recent American community development literature, this paper tests the assertion that British community enterprises (CEs) are fundamentally similar to American community development corporations (CDCs), and therefore, that CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the...

Through a review of the recent American community development literature, this paper tests the assertion that British community enterprises (CEs) are fundamentally similar to American community development corporations (CDCs), and therefore, that CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the...

I examine the economic consequences of prisons on local communities using two complementary approaches. The first uses prison openings during the 1990s across the US and the second exploits the results of the prison site-selection competitions in Texas. Prisons bring substantial gains in public...

The geographical diffusion of universities has been recently incentivized in Europe by the growing relevance attributed to them as a driver of local development and as a source of learning for firms. However, the decision processes about the location of the new universities and the design of...

More rational source distribution in Turkey recently has brought forward the principles of optimality in investment planning. Therefore, many rural areas have been negatively affected from this state. Accordingly, alternative tourism provides important opportunities for rural regions. People...

More rational source distribution in Turkey recently has brought forward the principles of optimality in investment planning. Therefore, many rural areas have been negatively affected from this state. Accordingly, alternative tourism provides important opportunities for rural regions. People...