Marco Di Cataldo
Publications
Working papers
2024
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Localized effects of confiscated and re-allocated real estate mafia assets.
Journal of Economic Geography, 24(2): 219-240. (with F. Boeri & E. Pietrostefani)
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2023
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2022
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Organized crime, captured politicians, and the allocation of public resources.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 38 (3): 774-839. (with N. Mastrorocco)
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How 'smart' are Smart Specialisation strategies?
Journal of Common Market Studies, 60 (5): 1272-1298. (with V. Monastiriotis & A. Rodriguez-Pose)
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2021
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2020
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It's not about the money. EU funds, local opportunities, and Euroscepticism.
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 84, 103556. (with R. Crescenzi & M. Giua)
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Regional needs, regional targeting and regional growth: an assessment of the impact of EU funds in UK regions.
Regional Studies, 54 (1): 35-47. (with V. Monastiriotis)
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2018
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Internationalised at localistic at home: the ‘split’ Europeanisation behind Brexit.
Papers in Regional Science, 97(1): 117-132. (with R. Crescenzi & A. Faggian)​
2017
2016
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2015
​Knowledge economy, internal migration, and local labour markets
(with A. Brugiavini & G. Romani)
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EU Money and Mayors: Does Cohesion Policy affect local electoral outcomes?
(with E. Renzullo)
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Local Justice Quality and Crimes
(with D. Denti)
Blogs, media, reports, book chapters
Il futuro della scuola con 110.000 studenti in meno all’anno: allarme per i piccoli centri
Domani on 1st October 2024
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The Impact of Smart Specialization Strategies in Pomorskie
The World Bank Group
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Dinamiche demografiche e riduzione dei servizi pubblici: un rafforzamento delle diseguaglianze territoriali.
In: ‘Rapporto Ca’ Foscari sui comuni 2023‘, Castelvecchi, 2023. (with G. Romani and G. V. Sonzongno)
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Stronger coordination among local governments can improve the performance of US cities and communities
LSE USAPP Blog on 15th March 2023​
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Dai beni confiscati alla rigenerazione urbana
lavoce.info on 27th September 2022
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How ‘smart’ are smart specialization strategies?
Industrial Analytics Platform UNIDO.org Blog, August 2022
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Nei comuni infiltrati dalle mafie boom di spesa per edilizia e rifiuti
cfnews, Ca’ Foscari University on 7th Dec 2021
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Young Scholar Interview: Marco Di Cataldo
RSAI Newsletter, November 2021
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‘Levelling up’ in the UK: what works across the continent?
Bennet Institute for Public Policy, Cambridge University on 25th Nov 2021
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Criticità finanziaria e scioglimento dei consigli comunali per infiltrazione mafiosa: un approccio quantitativo.
In: 'Rapporto Ca’ Foscari sui comuni 2020', Castelvecchi, 2020. (with G. Romani)
Money can’t buy love for Europe but success certainly can
LSE Brexit Blog on 12th November 2019
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Le agenzie di promozione degli investimenti diretti esteri in Italia e in Europa: funzionano davvero? Dove?
In: 'Rapporto ICE 2018 – 2019'. Italian Ministry of Economic Development, 2019. (with R. Crescenzi and M. Giua)
Public Policies for Economic Development in Europe: The Conditioning Role of Local Government Institutions.
In: Lattarulo et al. ‘Le regioni d'Europa tra identità locali, nuove comunità e disparità territoriali’, Franco Angeli, 2019.
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What should replace EU regional development funds after Brexit?
LSE Brexit Blog on 25th March 2019
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Governments strive to attract investment, but so far there’s no evidence of what works
LSE Business Review on 22nd February 2019
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How can policymakers attract global investments?
VoxEU CEPR’s Policy Portal February 2019
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What policies work for FDI?
LSE GILD – Global Investment & Local Development on 21st February 2019
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Institutions and the Thirst for ‘Prestige’ Transport Infrastructure.
What’s the future of cohesion policy post 2020?
COHESIFY Blog on 25 October 2017
For Europe, Infrastructure Is the Wrong Priority
Bloomberg View on 24 May 2017
The impact of EU development funds in poorer UK regions and the prospect of Brexit.
LSE SERC Blog on 17 April 2017
Government quality and the economic returns of transport infrastructure investment.
VoxEU CEPR’s Policy Portal on 11 April 2017
Drivers of employment generation and social inclusion in the EU.
VoxEU CEPR’s Policy Portal on 6 April 2017
Improving transport infrastructure is not a silver bullet for boosting growth.
LSE EUROPP – European Politics and Policy on 6 March 2017
Poorer regions have benefited from EU Cohesion Policy and would lose out from Brexit.
LSE EUROPP – European Politics and Policy on 20 June 2016
The Role of Government Institutions for Smart Specialisation and Regional Development.
S3 Policy Brief Series 04/2014, European Commission, Feb 2014
EU Funds and Local Growth.
Report commissioned by the UK Local Government Association (LGA) in 2013