G05-YS1 Regional and urban policy and planning (EPAINOS)
| Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| WGB_G02 |
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Chair: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Speaker
Dr. Julia Bachtrögler-Unger
Post-Doc Researcher
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
On the effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy during the Great Recession: Evidence from a heterogeneous local average treatment effects framework
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Julia Bachtrögler (p)
Discussant for this paper
Itzhak Benenson
Abstract
This study investigates the evolution of the effectiveness of European Union (EU) convergence
(Objective 1) funds over the programming periods from 1989-1993 to 2007-2013. A
fuzzy regression discontinuity design allowing for time-variant and heterogeneous (local average)
treatment effects is applied to evaluate the impact on GDP per capita growth.
Conditional on a region’s absorptive capacity, estimation results show a positive impact of
convergence funds on regional GDP per capita growth. However, a deterioration in the
effectiveness of convergence funds during the programming period 2007-2013 is identified,
which is significantly larger in size in the EU-15 member states than in the ten Eastern
European countries that joined the EU in 2004. The latter also experienced a decline in
policy effectiveness, however, it may have been dampened by a relatively higher learning
effect with regards to effective cohesion policy implementation.
(Objective 1) funds over the programming periods from 1989-1993 to 2007-2013. A
fuzzy regression discontinuity design allowing for time-variant and heterogeneous (local average)
treatment effects is applied to evaluate the impact on GDP per capita growth.
Conditional on a region’s absorptive capacity, estimation results show a positive impact of
convergence funds on regional GDP per capita growth. However, a deterioration in the
effectiveness of convergence funds during the programming period 2007-2013 is identified,
which is significantly larger in size in the EU-15 member states than in the ten Eastern
European countries that joined the EU in 2004. The latter also experienced a decline in
policy effectiveness, however, it may have been dampened by a relatively higher learning
effect with regards to effective cohesion policy implementation.
Dr. Daniele Mantegazzi
Assistant Professor
University of Groningen - Faculty of Spatial Sciences
The geography of political ideologies in Switzerland
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Daniele Mantegazzi (p)
Discussant for this paper
Itzhak Benenson
Abstract
In this paper, partisan-sorting forces and income-sorting processes are hypothesized to be interrelated phenomena leading to the clustering of people having similar levels of income and political ideologies. This paper determines the predominant political ideology of each Swiss municipality and examines whether there is any spatial concentration of political ideologies. The contribution of this research is that it proposes a new way to capture social interactions, based on the geographical concentration of political ideologies, and it shows that these concentrations are correlated with income and income inequality.
