Search Results - subject_exact:"Regional policy"

Development perspectives of STRING : how to form a thriving, sustainable and resilient megaregion

Gold, Robert; Schrader, Klaus - 2026

STRING (South Western Baltic Sea Transregional Region - Implementing New Geography) is a regional cooperation of urban centers and regions in the Nordic countries and Northern Germany. The study shows that the member countries of STRING have developed dynamically over the last decades, both...

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Counterfactual impact evaluation of cohesion policy 2014-2020 : impact on enterprises

Daminger, Alexander; Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus - 2026

This paper examines the impact of the European Union's Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 on enterprise dynamics at the NUTS-2 level. Using discrete eligibility thresholds at 75 and 90 percent of EU average GDP per capita, we implement sharp and fuzzy regression discontinuity designs to assess effects on...

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Counterfactual impact evaluation of cohesion policy 2014-2020 : regression discontinuity design

Daminger, Alexander; Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus - 2026

This paper evaluates EU Cohesion Policy interventions during 2014-2020 using regression discontinuity design (RDD), exploiting funding thresholds at 75 and 90 percent of EU average GDP per capita across 281 NUTS-2 regions. The analysis examines nominal and real GDP per capita growth, GDP per...

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Knowledge diffusion and regional productivity growth : summary of TPI research programme 2023-2026

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; McCann, Philip - 2026

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Productivity : East-West gap replaced by urban-rural gap

Gornig, Martin - 2025

In 1991, the average labor productivity of the then-new federal states (plus West Berlin) only reached nearly half of the total national productivity level. Since then, the average labor productivity of these states has climbed up to nearly 90 percent. However, the ranking of the individual...

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Productivity: East-West gap replaced by urban-rural gap

Gornig, Martin - 2025

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The bright side of breaking up : how territorial fragmentation increases political engagement in local communities

Cerqua, Augusto; Di Matteo, Dante - 2025

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The impact of regional policies on chinese business growth : a bibliometric approach

Ling, Yao; Lakner, Zoltan Karoly - 2025

In the context of both domestic and international economic landscapes, regional policy has emerged as an increasingly influential factor shaping the developmental trajectories of Chinese enterprises. Despite its growing significance, the extant literature lacks a comprehensive and systematically...

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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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Constraining and enabling factors of a successful regional policy in Europe

Fratesi, Ugo - 2024

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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...

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Creating public value in regional policy : bringing citizens back in

Mendez, Carlos; Pegan, Andreja; Triga, Vasiliki - 2024

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Regional development of Kazakhstan : theoretical premises and reality

Uskelenova, Assel T.; Nikiforova, Nina - 2024

The present study examines the issues of regional development of Kazakhstan in the context of history and real events. The relevance of the study is due to the need to search and adapt the accumulated advanced experience in regional development as a part of smoothing the differentiation of...

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Smart specialisation or smart following? : a study of policy mimicry in priority domain selection

Pylak, Korneliusz; Deegan, Jason; Brökel, Tom - 2024

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Place-based sustainable urban mobility : a conceptual framework to spark local designs

Galanakis, Kostas; Heinz, Helen; Marggraf, Clemens - 2024

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The emergence of regional industrial policy in Britain : the case of Wales : 1939 to 1947

Gooberman, Leon - 2024

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Devolved fiscal powers, increased competitiveness and "levelling up" : a simulation approach

Connolly, Kevin; Greig, Alastair; McGregor, Peter G.; … - 2024

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Development perspectives of STRING: How to form a thriving, sustainable and resilient megaregion

Gold, Robert; Schrader, Klaus - 2026

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Local effects of industrial complexes

Palm, Lennart; Perl, Maximilian; Yesilbayraktar, Ugur - 2026

We examine the local effects of South Korea's large-scale place-based industrial policy of constructing industrial complexes in left-behind regions. We compile a novel dataset on industrial complex designations dating back to the 1960s and link it to administrative establishment surveys. Using a...

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Regional unconditional transfers: the case of riverside regions in a developing country

Romero-Torres, Bernardo David; Pérez Valbuena, Gerson … - 2026

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New developments in understanding why people don't move

Ransom, Tyler - 2026

This paper provides a non-technical summary of recent research on why people stay put rather than move, even in the face of adverse local economic shocks. I compare three frameworks for understanding migration: the moving costs model, the spatial frictions model, and a newer approach called the...

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The new political economy of place-based policymaking

Anderson, Jeffrey J.; Westwood, Andy - 2026

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Getting robots in "our own hands" : structural drivers, spatial dynamics and multi-scalar industrial policy in China

Andreoni, Antonio; Frattini, Federico; Prodi, Giorgio - 2026

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Heterogeneous fiscal decentralisation in Italian regions

Gianelle, Carlo; Sacchi, Agnese; Salotti, Simone - 2026

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Why the capital region keeps growing : urban accounting and spatial policy implications

Kim, Sunham - 2026

Population concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area has continued unabated since the 1970s. In the 2010s, diverging productivity drove this trend-gains in semiconductor and knowledge-based sectors in the capital region versus losses in manufacturingoriented regional cities. Planned city...

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Female entrepreneurship and proximity to support infrastructure in Germany : a geospatial analysis

Tieze, Josephin; Tiberius, Victor - 2026

The paper aims to provide spatial evidence on where to prioritize place-based support for women's entrepreneurship by linking the geography of female founders to the proximity of formal support infrastructure in Germany. To pursue this objective, we assemble nationwide venture microdata covering...

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Using the Regional Attractiveness Compass : A tool for regional development policy

Jossec, Gwendaline - 2026

This working paper provides a practical guide on how to use the OECD Regional Attractiveness Compass to inform regional development and place-based policies. A comprehensive visualisation tool, the Compass measures a region's relative strengths and weaknesses compared to national and...

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Decoding regional dynamics : institutions, innovation, and regional development in the EU

Borsekova, Kamila; Westlund, Hans - 2026

The importance of institutions and innovation for regional development is well established. How these two factors interact under different historical legacies and urban-regional contexts remains, however, insufficiently understood. This paper identifies which combinations of institutional and...

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Decoding regional dynamics : institutions, innovation, and regional development in the EU

Borsekova, Kamila; Korony, Samuel; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2025

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Champagne spillovers : geographical indications and regional economic development

Dries, Jonathan - 2026

Geographical indications (GIs) are information signals based on a product's geographical origin. They reduce information asymmetry for consumers and protect producers from imitation. This paper examines the local economic impact of GIs by focusing on the renowned Champagne AOC in France....

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G20 Cross-Border Infrastructure Toolkit : Delivering Cross-Border Infrastructure for Regional Development

2026

Cross-border infrastructure projects are pivotal in driving economic growth, poverty reduction, and regional prosperity. For instance, strategic investments in roads, bridges, rail networks, communication networks, and transmission lines that span national boundaries can facilitate trade and...

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The role of non-profit organizations in territorial cohesion in cross-border regions

Potluka, Oto; Schubnell, Lina; Medeiros, Eduardo; … - 2026

Cross-border regions usually suffer from barriers hindering networking and creating contact among people. On a sample of 244 non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the Upper-Rhine region at the French, German, and Swiss borders, the research used partial least squares structural equation modeling...

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Regional innovation policies in favor of Doing-Using Interacting (DUI) innovations in lagging regions : what about the perceptions of local SMEs?

Friedrich, Christoph; Sternberg, Rolf G. - 2026

The ability and willingness to innovate are recognized as being among the most important conditions for improving the performance of economically lagging regions.Regional innovation policies can help such regions to catch up, which is why the EU Commission, the EU member states and many of their...

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Endogenous Cohesion Policy

Petrakos, Giōrgos; Sotiriou, Alexandra; Alexiou, Stavroula - 2026

Cohesion Policy (CP) is the European Union's main instrument to address regional disparities and promote convergence. Yet, over the past two decades, spatial inequalities within the Union have widened, raising concerns about the effectiveness of CP and its ability to confront the structural...

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Models that flow : smart specialization and its travel across Europe

Lien, Stine - 2026

Since its first appearance in 2007, the concept of Smart Specialization has spread across Europe and become a favorable strategy for regional development. Smart Specialization is thus considered a 'model that flows' and has been adopted across very different contexts. However, recent discourse...

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The infrastructure paradox in Ecuador : public investment and the persistence of territorial disparities in cantons with low initial development

Urbina Poveda, Myriam Alexandra; Gómez, Helen Magdalena; … - 2026

This paper examines the effects of public infrastructure spending across Ecuadorian cantons on adequate employment and the multidimensional poverty rate over the period 2008-2022, assessing whether such spending operated as a mechanism of convergence. The analysis is grounded in the hypothesis...

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Harnessing AI to boost Northern Ireland's productivity : implications for people, business, and government

Donaldson, Ruth; Jordan, David P.; McDonald, Seán; … - 2026

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How can lower-income countries integrate in the innovation-led global economy?

Bar-El, Raphael; Maymoni, Liran - 2026

Lower-income countries face a persistent challenge: innovation activities tend to concentrate in more developed regions. Existing research offers limited solutions, often emphasizing local advantages or frugal innovation to reduce regional disparities. This study challenges the conventional...

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Interregional collaboration and the internationalisation of place-based innovation policy

Boschma, Ron; Iammarino, Simona; Olechnicka, Agnieszka - 2026

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Bridging the gap in innovation : the case of regional R&D subsidies in Southern Italy

Veronico, Antonio - 2026

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Four paths from a single crossroads : supporting the innovation development in the Visegrad Group

Klímová, Viktorie; Gašparíková, Romana; Žítek, … - 2026

This study examines how the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia support innovation in business within EU cohesion policy. Although these countries share a similar pre‑1989 history, they differ in their economic development and in how they implement cohesion policy. Existing studies...

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The interplay between AI and technological relatedness in shaping regional innovation in Europe

D'Alessandro, Francesco; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, … - 2026

This study examines how regional technological relatedness and local AI knowledge influence regional innovative activity, as measured by patenting activity. Using a novel three-way longitudinal dataset (670 four-digit CPC classes × 302 NUTS-2 regions × nine four-year periods, 1986-2021) and...

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The interplay between AI and technological relatedness in shaping regional innovation in Europe

D'Alessandro, Francesco; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, … - 2026

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The interplay between AI and technological relatedness in shaping regional innovation in Europe

D'Alessandro, Francesco; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, … - 2026

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Regional innovation disparities in Kazakhstan : resource-result gaps and policy implications

Madenova, Kulshara; Shulenbayeva, Faya; Daribayeva, Adaskhan - 2026

This article examines interregional differences in innovation development in Kazakhstan through the relationship between innovation resources and innovation-related economic outcomes. For an economy seeking diversification, higher productivity, and reduced dependence on raw materials, the key...

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Firm interactions and potential ecosystems : a bottom-up approach to territorial network analysis

Fratesi, Ugo; Vicari, Pietro - 2026

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Local productivity, national impact : the role of local authorities

Shaw, Jack; Peck, Joe - 2026

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Is greater Manchester growing significantly? : if so, why? : and what can we learn?

Peck, Joe; Spencer, J. P.; Westwood, Andrew - 2026

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A review of the international and regional policy landscape for the management of plastics used in agriculture

Karasik, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Howell, Dean; … - 2026

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Knowledge-based regional development by university and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems : permeability, boundaries and complementarities

Butzin, Anna; Flögel, Franz; Meyer, Kerstin; … - 2026

This paper discusses the interplay between university entrepreneurial ecosystems (UEE) and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems (REE) in knowledge-based regional development, focusing on their permeability, boundaries, and complementarities. Using qualitative data from 176 events attended by...

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

Heinemann, Friedrich; Asatryan, Zareh; … - 2026

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Embedding the mission-oriented approach in smart specialization strategies: an exploratory assessment

Molica, Francesco; Cappellano, Francesco; Makkonen, Teemu; … - 2026

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Failed futures? Unmaterialised visions and their ambivalence in regional development

Benner, Maximilian - 2026

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Regional foresight and scenario modeling of socio-economic transformation : the case of the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Sergeyeva, Aigul; Makhambetov, Murat; Keubasova, Gaukhar; … - 2026

This study investigates the spatial and socio-economic transformation of the labour market in the Kostanay Region of Kazakhstan through the application of foresight and scenario modelling. The research aims to construct a conceptual and predictive framework of regional employment transformation...

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Unlocking the potential of intermediary cities for regional development in France

2026

Intermediary cities can be powerful drivers of smart, inclusive, and sustainable regional development. Located outside major metropolitan areas, these small and medium-sized hubs play an "intermediary" role by structuring the flows of people, goods, capital, and knowledge across surrounding...

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