Percoco, Marco. <br/><br/>
Regional Perspectives on Policy Evaluation  [electronic resource] / 
by Marco Percoco. 
 - XII, 52 p. 3 illus.  online resource. 
 - SpringerBriefs in Regional Science,  2192-0427 .
 - SpringerBriefs in Regional Science, .
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Regression Discontinuity Design: When Series Interrupt -- Propensity Score Matching: When Units Meet -- Difference-in-Differences: When Time and Space Matter -- A Synthetic Control Approach to Evaluate Local Policies -- Methods for Ex Ante Evaluation. 
<br/><br/> 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 instrumental variables as a technique able to circumvent the issue. Finally, some insights into the emerging literature on ex ante evaluation are offered with respect to EU Cohesion Policy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319095196 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-319-09519-6  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic geography.<br/>European Economic Community literature.<br/>Economic policy.<br/>Regional economics.<br/>Spatial economics.<br/>Economics.<br/>Regional/Spatial Science.<br/>Economic Policy.<br/>European Integration.<br/>Economic Geography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT388 HD28-9999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9