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Identifying the Effects of Place-Based Policies - Causal Evidence from Germany

The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the investment grant on regional outcomes. We find positive effects for regional gross value-added and productivity growth, but no effects for employment and gross wage growth.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5901

Classification
Wirtschaft
Other Special Topics: General
Role of Economics; Role of Economists; Market for Economists
Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
Subject
evaluation
industrial policy
regression discontinuity design

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Dettmann, Eva
Brachert, Matthias
Titze, Mirko
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2016

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Dettmann, Eva
  • Brachert, Matthias
  • Titze, Mirko
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2016

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