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Regional Selective Assistance in Scotland: Does it Make a Difference to Plant Productivity?

Moffat, J.

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This paper examines whether receipt of a Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant has a causal impact on plant total factor productivity (TFP). To tackle the problem of self-selection into the treatment group, propensity score matching is employed. In order to control for the endogeneity of other variables in the model, estimations are performed using the system GMM estimator. The results show that for low technology manufacturing, receipt of an RSA grant leads to a fall in TFP.

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Moffat, J. (2014). Regional Selective Assistance in Scotland: Does it Make a Difference to Plant Productivity?. Urban Studies, 51(12), 2555-2571. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013510568

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jan 8, 2014
Publication Date Sep 1, 2014
Deposit Date Feb 7, 2014
Publicly Available Date Feb 19, 2014
Journal Urban Studies
Print ISSN 0042-0980
Electronic ISSN 1360-063X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue 12
Pages 2555-2571
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013510568
Keywords Economic development, Economics, Europe, RSA grants.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1436987

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