Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?

Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?

Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank’s World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsi...

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Main Author: Frank Crowley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Regional Studies, Regional Science
Subjects:
Urbanization
Subsidies
firm performance
regional policy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2017.1307784
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spelling doaj-be491ad135494c75a2bf542f4d5a23b12020-11-25T04:05:23ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRegional Studies, Regional Science2168-13762017-01-0141495610.1080/21681376.2017.13077841307784Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?Frank Crowley0University College Cork (UCC)Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank’s World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsidizing firms in less urbanized locations. However, innovation market outcomes would probably be higher if there was an urban bias in subsidy distribution.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2017.1307784UrbanizationSubsidiesfirm performanceregional policy
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Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
Regional Studies, Regional Science
Urbanization
Subsidies
firm performance
regional policy
author_facet Frank Crowley
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title Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
title_short Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
title_full Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
title_fullStr Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
title_full_unstemmed Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: is there urban bias?
title_sort firm subsidies in central and eastern europe and central asia: is there urban bias?
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Regional Studies, Regional Science
issn 2168-1376
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank’s World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsidizing firms in less urbanized locations. However, innovation market outcomes would probably be higher if there was an urban bias in subsidy distribution.
topic Urbanization
Subsidies
firm performance
regional policy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2017.1307784
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