Arbeitspapier
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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 5901
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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
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evaluation
industrial policy
regression discontinuity design
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dettmann, Eva
Brachert, Matthias
Titze, Mirko
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
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Munich
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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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