Introduction -- Regression Discontinuity Design: When Series Interrupt -- Propensity Score Matching: When Units Meet -- Difference-in-Differences: When Time and Space Matter -- A Synthetic Control Approach to Evaluate Local Policies -- Methods for Ex Ante Evaluation.

The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional...