Do aspects of quality of government, broadly defined, such as corruption, impartiality, and
quality of public services, vary below the country level? The concept of quality of government …

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| Cohesion, Results-Orientation and Smart Specialisation PHILIP McCANN New Horizons in …

The financial crisis of 2008, and the economic crisis that ensued, have exposed even further
the persistent pattern of uneven development which has plagued the European Union (EU) …

The paper examines the nature, rationale, and logic of the reforms to EU Cohesion Policy. A
particular focus of the paper is on the concept of smart specialization and the use of this …

The aim of this study is to empirically examine regional resilience by assessing economic
growth patterns in two distinct groups of regions across the European Union in the aftermath …

This chapter assesses the contribution of a number of key papers that make use of
econometric approaches from the policymakers' perspective to address the impact of …

The primary aim of this article is to reprise the debate about the role and competence of the
state in innovation and development, building on the contributions of new industrial policy. It …

This paper revisits common, yet often untested assumptions on factors hampering the
implementation–or even clear articulation–of regional innovation strategies. Based on a …

There has been considerable discussion of the role of institutions in development, including
regional development, since the early 1990s with the work of North in 1990 followed by …

The cohesion policy of the European Union has become its primary instrument promoting
development in the peripheral member states. The enduring consequences of the 2007 …