The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy

Unipi Team Leader: Davide Fiaschi, Department of Economics and Management

The module introduces to some of the most current key issues of European Union (EU) both from a theoretical and applied perspective. In particular, it will analyse the growth and convergence/divergence among European regional economies, the design and the effectiveness of European Regional Policy, the coordination, and competition of fiscal policies, and finally, the effect of internal and external migration.We planned three types of specific activities (teaching, deliverables, events) organized in sub-activities as follows.A) TEACHING1) Lectures on “The effects of European Regional Policy on the productivity and inequality among European regions” (Fiaschi)2) Lectures on “Measuring the effects of EU policy interventions” (Parenti)3) Seminar on “European taxation and fiscal policy coordination and competition” (Paty)4) Seminar on “The effect of immigration on regional convergence” (Magrini)5) Seminar on “Advanced spatial nonparametric techniques” (Gerolimetto)6) Seminar on “The impact of labour market institutions on labour mobility in the EU” (Tealdi)B) DELIVERABLES1) Lecture Notes for “The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy”2) Website of “The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy” 3) Newsletter on “The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy”4) Audio and Video Recordings of seminar and eventsc) EVENTS1) Seminars on current issues on “The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy”2) Roundtable on perspectives and problems on European Integration and Regional Development3) Workshop on “The Economics of European Regions: Theory, Empirics, and Policy”

Start date: 01-09-2017

End date: 31-08-2020 

EU Grant: 30.000 €

Project website: https://eer.ec.unipi.it/