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An agenda for a reformed cohesion policy
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The article was published on 2009-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 357 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cohesion (linguistics).read more
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The theory of externalities, public goods, and club goods: Homogeneous clubs and local public goods
Richard Cornes,Todd Sandler +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define a club as a group of individuals who derive mutual benefit from sharing one or more of the following: production costs, the members' characteristics, or a good characterized by excludable benefits.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Richard Woodward,Wolfram Selig +1 more
TL;DR: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is one of the least written about and least understood of our major global institutions as mentioned in this paper, and it has been criticised as a rich-man's club, a think-tank, and a consultative forum.
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Smart specialization policy in the European Union: relatedness, knowledge complexity and regional diversification
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a policy framework for smart specialization that highlights the potential risks and rewards for regions of adopting competing diversification strategies, based on relatedness and knowledge complexity.
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The territorial dynamics of innovation: a Europe-United States comparative analysis
TL;DR: The United States and European Union differ significantly in terms of their innovative capacity: the former have been able to gain and maintain world leadership in innovation and technology while the latter continues to lag as discussed by the authors.
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Organized crime and business subsidies: Where does the money go?
Guglielmo Barone,Gaia Narciso +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of organized crime in the allocation of public subsidies to businesses is analyzed and it is shown that the presence of organised crime positively affects the probability of obtaining funding and the amount of public funds.
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