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Regional Perspectives on Policy Evaluation
Marco Percoco
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Description for Regional Perspectives on Policy Evaluation
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Regional Science. Num Pages: 64 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 118.
The evaluation of public policies is of paramount importance for modern policy making, especially in a period of severe budget constraints. The literature has proposed several methods to deal with the issue of causality and counterfactual evaluation in a variety of contexts, with an increasing attention to the local dimension. The book aims to present the state-of-the-art of evaluation techniques with a special focus on the consideration of geographical and spatial effects into existing methodologies (such as propensity score matching, regression discontinuity, difference-in-difference). Furthermore, the volume highlights how strict the identification conditions for models with spatial effects are and proposes ... Read more
The evaluation of public policies is of paramount importance for modern policy making, especially in a period of severe budget constraints. The literature has proposed several methods to deal with the issue of causality and counterfactual evaluation in a variety of contexts, with an increasing attention to the local dimension. The book aims to present the state-of-the-art of evaluation techniques with a special focus on the consideration of geographical and spatial effects into existing methodologies (such as propensity score matching, regression discontinuity, difference-in-difference). Furthermore, the volume highlights how strict the identification conditions for models with spatial effects are and proposes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Series
Springerbriefs in Regional Science
Number of Pages
52
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319095189
SKU
V9783319095189
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99-15
About Marco Percoco
Marco Percoco is an assistant professor of regional economics and economic geography in the Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management at Università Bocconi in Milan, where he is also affiliated to Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics and CERTeT. His main research interests are in the evaluation of regional and transport policies and in historical economic geography.
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