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Digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality: assessing the Italian broadband plan

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  • Nicola Matteucci

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Broadband policy has been booming with the support of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs). However, its performance and impact remain contentious, since primary evidence is lacking. The paper studies the first Italian plan for financing broadband-deprived areas through the ESIFs, characterized by multilevel governance. It is found that its overly centralized design suffered from serious policy faults, which hampered regional efforts. Funding mismatches and other institutional obstacles disadvantaged the northern and central regions; however, because the latter enjoyed higher institutional quality, they managed to leapfrog the (more supported) southern ones. The digital agendas’ performance is shaped by the institutional quality–multilevel governance mix.

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  • Nicola Matteucci, 2020. "Digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality: assessing the Italian broadband plan," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(9), pages 1304-1316, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:54:y:2020:i:9:p:1304-1316
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1782876
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    1. Nicola Matteucci, 2022. "Gioco d?azzardo, traversa digitale e adolescenti in Italia," PRISMA Economia - Societ? - Lavoro, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2022(1-2), pages 101-108.
    2. Nicola Matteucci & Raffaella Santolini & Silvio Di Fabio, 2023. "ICT diffusion in public administrations and business dynamics: Evidence from Italian municipalities," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 94(4), pages 1233-1271, December.
    3. Matteucci, Nicola, 2021. "Procuring NGA infrastructure: The performance of EMAT auctions in Italy," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(1).
    4. Reggi, Luigi & Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon, 2021. "Addressing territorial digital divides through ICT strategies: Are investment decisions consistent with local needs?," MPRA Paper 105003, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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