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Cohesion policy, tourism and culture in Italy: A regional policy evaluation

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  • Maria Giovanna Brandano

    (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

  • Alessandro Crociata

    (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

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The EU Cohesion Policy aims at reducing regional disparities between members countries. In the last years, the tourism sector played a strategic role in this policy with different approaches during the different programming periods. In particular, the 2007-2013 period developed a new vision focused on the link between tourism and cultural and natural resources enhancement. This paper aims to evaluate this policy by analysing whether and to what extent projects funded by EU have had a positive impact on the tourism and cultural sector. To do so, the synthetic control method (SCM) is used for 20 NUTS-2 Italian regions over the period 1998-2018. We identify regions exposed to “Convergence†objective as treated units and regions that are not exposed to this objective as the control group. The results suggest that tourism policies have been ineffective in the majority of regions, while some positive effects are found on cultural outcomes. The main policy implications are discussed.

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  • Maria Giovanna Brandano & Alessandro Crociata, 2021. "Cohesion policy, tourism and culture in Italy: A regional policy evaluation," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2021-11, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Sep 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahy:wpaper:wp22
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    Keywords

    European Cohesion Policy; Tourism; Culture; Synthetic Control Method;
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    JEL classification:

    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy
    • Z38 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Policy

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