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Reframing spatial policy through targeting diagnostic tools: potential and deprivation
[An agenda for a reformed cohesion policy: a place-based approach to meeting European Union challenges and expectations]

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  • Christopher A Hooton

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Spatial policy targeting can differ greatly across programs due to myriad thematic goals, geographical unit systems, and conceptualisations. The current paper seeks to better understand how these differences may impact policy effectiveness by examining the theory of spatial targeting accuracy and the methodological tools for assessing it ex ante. It is the first comprehensive examination, to the extent of the author’s knowledge, of these concepts. The paper finds two clear families of diagnostic tools—concentration-based measures and characteristic-based measures—and two conceptual camps for improving ex ante accuracy—one based on economic potential and one based on deprivation.

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  • Christopher A Hooton, 2022. "Reframing spatial policy through targeting diagnostic tools: potential and deprivation [An agenda for a reformed cohesion policy: a place-based approach to meeting European Union challenges and exp," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(1), pages 57-74.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:15:y:2022:i:1:p:57-74.
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    1. Ron Martin & Flavia Martinelli & Judith Clifton, 2022. "Rethinking spatial policy in an era of multiple crises [An institutional perspective on regional economic development]," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(1), pages 3-21.

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