Innovation is key for economic growth and well-being. The capacity for innovation, however, is profoundly influenced by the quality of local institutions. Although the impact of national institutions on innovation is well-documented, the effects of subnational institutional variations on...

This paper sets out to examine the impact of the quality of local and regional governments on the returns of investment, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government affects the returns of public investments, whether...

section I. Local and regional development in a global context -- section II. Defining the principles and values of local and regional development -- section III. Concepts and theories of local and regional development -- section IV. Government and governance -- section V. Local and regional...