The Effectiveness of Regional Policy: A Literature Study

Carl Koopmans and Carlijn C. Bijvoet

Chapter Chapter 3 in Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation, 2011, pp 33-46 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Policy effectiveness; Regional development; Regional policy; Regional subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8101-1_3

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