The effectiveness of regional policy: a literature study

Authors
Publication date 2011
Host editors
  • W. Manshanden
  • W. Jonkhoff
Book title Infrastructure productivity evaluation
ISBN
  • 9781441981004
Series SpringerBriefs in Economics, 1
Pages (from-to) 33-46
Publisher New York: Springer
Organisations
  • Related parties - SEO Economisch Onderzoek
Abstract A survey of the literature shows that research in the effects of regional policy in many cases uses overly simple approaches and highly limiting assumptions. Only a small number of studies measure the effects of policy explicitly and in a scientifically adequate manner. This also goes for the effects of EU cohesion policy: the evidence is thin. Frequently, 50-75% of subsidized jobs and investment turn out to be non-additional. Evaluations in the literature offer only scant empirical evidence for underpinning policy choices.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1_3
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