Andrea Caragliu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1473678 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Caragliu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Caragliu |
| SIGNATURE | CARAGLIU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Politecnico di Milano |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0865-3404 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 181 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 33 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The making of regional inequality
The current geopolitical landscape is highly fragmented and complex. It is characterized by rising tensions, shifting alliances, and by a largely uncertain global governance. This turbulence has dire consequences, especially at territorial level: it may contribute to widening interregional disparities. Prior ex ante assessments of the way these instabilities may find a solution suggest that a scenario with the EU deepening its internal integratio…
Regional Growth and Disparities in the Era of Economic Security
Recent geopolitical conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, coupled with a geopoliticization of trade, triggered the transition toward a new trade policy, moving away from managing interdependencies to managing dependency through economic security principles, embracing Open Strategic Autonomy . While a New Normal Trade Policy may be fundamental in restoring the European level playing field in international trade, it will not be exempt from costs…
Regional institutions and the urban digital divide
The digital divide represents one of the many facets of socio-economic inequalities, creating a wedge between citizens with the means and ability to reap the benefits related to modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and those who lack these resources and skills. Among its determinants at the individual and more aggregate level, space-specific factors, including the quality of regional institutions, may affect its geographical b…
Smart Cities in Europe” Revisited
Following up on a two decades-long debate on Smart Cities, this article provides quantitative evidence regarding the impact on urban economic outcomes of the adoption of Smart City strategies in planning and managing modern cities. In order to achieve this aim, a meta-analysis of quantitative and modeling studies is presented as a systematic synthesis tool, based on a keyword search on Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus data bases. Our me…
Better together
Borders prevent the optimal exploitation of socio‐economic and environmental resources. A relevant obstacle due to missed integration is associated with legal and administrative barriers, which cause the emergence of untapped potentials. This paper exploits the case study of the Interreg Central Europe programme. Removing borders among countries in the area enhances scale economies due to a large market for inputs and goods, both within regions a…
Continuous vs. Discrete Urban Ranks
The reasons for changes in ranking within urban systems are a matter of a wide and long debate. Some focus on a continuous and smooth ordering of cities by their size within the urban system, in the tradition of Zipf’s law. Others focus on discrete, discontinuous ordering, as cities take on functions at different levels, such as specialized market places or high-level education, in the tradition of Christaller. We enter the debate by empirically …
Regional growth and disparities in a post‐Covid Europe
This paper addresses the important question “Which European areas will be able to better react to the crisis induced by COVID‐19 and how regional disparities will look like?” To provide an answer, a “new normality” scenario is built, comprising the structural changes likely to take place in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. To develop such scenario, two intermediate steps are necessary, in both cases relying on the use of the latest generation…
Le città metropolitane
Sulla base della teoria delle localita centrali, questo lavoro paragona la performance delle 14 citta metropolitane, istituite con la legge Delrio, al resto del Paese, per comprendere se tali citta si distacchino dal resto del Paese per posizionamento nella gerarchia urbana. I risultati suggeriscono che i criteri di applicazione della legge con cui si sono definiti i perimetri delle stesse con quelli delle province che hanno sostituito, non hanno…
Survival of the city
Smart cities and urban inequality
Smart city technologies are criticized because they might exacerbate income inequalities. Four factors are suggested to explain this phenomenon: the uneven diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs); that these ICTs cannot be afforded by low-income citizens; that smart cities could further human capital divides; and the involvement of private actors in the implementation of projects. These critiques are not based on empirical …
Alain Bertaud, Order without design
Smart innovative cities
Much Ado About Something? An Appraisal of the Relationship Between Smart City and Smart Specialisation Policies
Smart policies at the urban (smart city initiatives) and the regional (smart specialisation Strategies, S3) level, both fostered by the need to better spend the reduced budget available for EU policy‐making, have recently gained much attention. While some attempts have been made to explore the growth potential of the two policies separately, no empirical analysis has considered their joint contribution to regional growth. This paper identifies tw…
Breaking Down the Border
The literature on borders as barriers to economic growth presents some weaknesses in conceptualizing and measuring border effects due to obstacles of different nature (e.g., physical, institutional, and social/cultural). This article aims at overcoming this limitation by demonstrating that political borders actually comprise several lines of fracture in the continuity of socioeconomic space. As such, border effects must be decomposed into their b…
Philip McCann, The regional and urban policies of the European Union
The regional costs of market size losses in a EU dismembering process
Collective benefits of an urban transformation
Measuring border effects in European cross-border regions
This paper presents a new methodology to measure border effects from a different perspective with respect to the standard gravitational approach. The methodology proposed measures supply-side border effects by identifying two types of limits produced by the border to the productive system: inefficiency in exploiting local resources (efficiency needs) and scarce endowment of resources (endowment needs), the former calling for intervention on resou…
Determinants of loan repayment performance among borrowers of microfinance institutions
Static vs. dynamic agglomeration economies. Spatial context and structural evolution behind urban growth
Both Marshall and Jacobs were Right
This article adds to the empirical evidence on the impact of agglomeration externalities on regional growth along three main dimensions. On the basis of data on 259 Europe NUTS2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) regions and 15 NACE (Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne) 1.1 2-digit industries for the period 1990–2007, we show that agglomeration externalities are stronger in technology-i…
Smart Cities
The Rise of Second-Rank Cities
In the last 15 years, empirical evidence has emerged about the fact that European first-rank cities have not always led national economic performance, and when they did, the difference between first- and second-rank cities in explaining national growth has not been significant. A recent work [Dijkstra, L., Garcilazo, E. & McCann, P. (2013) The economic performance of European cities and city regions: Myths and realities, European Planning Studies…
After crisis scenarios for Europe
Structural adjustment in the European Union emerged as the result of the 7-year crisis, providing risks and opportunities to national and regional economies. The effects that these structural changes will generate are difficult to be foreseen. This article builds after-crisis scenarios for Europe on the basis of alternative evolutions of these structural changes. On the basis of a regional forecasting model (MASST3), the article presents two oppo…
Spatial heterogeneity in the costs of the economic crisis in Europe
This article measures the spatial heterogeneity of the costs of the economic crisis and assesses the role of cities as sources of regional resilience in Europe. Cities hosting financial activities have been severely hit during the crisis; however, they also host hard and soft territorial capital elements—high physical accessibility, access to information and knowledge, advanced functions, agglomeration economies—generating inter-sectoral producti…
Spatial heterogeneity in the costs of the economic crisis in Europe
This article measures the spatial heterogeneity of the costs of the economic crisis and assesses the role of cities as sources of regional resilience in Europe. Cities hosting financial activities have been severely hit during the crisis; however, they also host hard and soft territorial capital elements—high physical accessibility, access to information and knowledge, advanced functions, agglomeration economies—generating inter-sectoral producti…
Measuring border effects in European cross-border regions
This paper presents a new methodology to measure border effects from a different perspective with respect to the standard gravitational approach. The methodology proposed measures supply-side border effects by identifying two types of limits produced by the border to the productive system: inefficiency in exploiting local resources (efficiency needs) and scarce endowment of resources (endowment needs), the former calling for intervention on resou…
Technological interdependence and regional growth in Europe
Static vs. dynamic agglomeration economies. Spatial context and structural evolution behind urban growth
Both Marshall and Jacobs were Right
This article adds to the empirical evidence on the impact of agglomeration externalities on regional growth along three main dimensions. On the basis of data on 259 Europe NUTS2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) regions and 15 NACE (Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne) 1.1 2-digit industries for the period 1990–2007, we show that agglomeration externalities are stronger in technology-i…
Space and knowledge spillovers in European regions
Usually, knowledge spillovers (KS) are related to geographic proximity. In the present study, we measure KS on the basis of different proximity matrices, focusing on the relational, social, cognitive and technological preconditions for knowledge diffusion. In the light of previous studies on KS, we examine: (i) which types of proximity enhance or hamper knowledge flows, and (ii) whether local absorptive capacity favour such flows. Our results ind…
Smart cities and urban inequality
Smart city technologies are criticized because they might exacerbate income inequalities. Four factors are suggested to explain this phenomenon: the uneven diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs); that these ICTs cannot be afforded by low-income citizens; that smart cities could further human capital divides; and the involvement of private actors in the implementation of projects. These critiques are not based on empirical …
Smartness and European urban performance
In this paper we adopt a comprehensive definition of Smart City and examine whether and how the main characteristics of urban smartness are growth-enhancing. With a sample of cities from the European Union we assess the cityspecific impacts on urban performance of a complex ‘‘urban smartness’’ indicator by applying a Spatial Autoregressive Local Estimate to an urban production function. The results of this econometric analysis point in the direct…
Do Smart Cities Invest in Smarter Policies? Learning From the Past, Planning for the Future
Research on Smart Cities has come of age. Intense discussion on this topic has been ongoing for years, and the academic prominence of this concept has also engendered several policy initiatives inspired by this label at different administrative levels. However, to date, no large-scale evaluation of the relationship between urban smartness and smart urban policies has been attempted. This article aims at filling this gap. By building on a solid de…
Better together
Borders prevent the optimal exploitation of socio‐economic and environmental resources. A relevant obstacle due to missed integration is associated with legal and administrative barriers, which cause the emergence of untapped potentials. This paper exploits the case study of the Interreg Central Europe programme. Removing borders among countries in the area enhances scale economies due to a large market for inputs and goods, both within regions a…
Territorial Capital and Regional Growth
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space‐economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance across geographical units. This paper addresses this intriguing issue at the regional lev…
Survival of the city
Breaking Down the Border
The literature on borders as barriers to economic growth presents some weaknesses in conceptualizing and measuring border effects due to obstacles of different nature (e.g., physical, institutional, and social/cultural). This article aims at overcoming this limitation by demonstrating that political borders actually comprise several lines of fracture in the continuity of socioeconomic space. As such, border effects must be decomposed into their b…
The regional costs of market size losses in a EU dismembering process
Collective benefits of an urban transformation
After crisis scenarios for Europe
Structural adjustment in the European Union emerged as the result of the 7-year crisis, providing risks and opportunities to national and regional economies. The effects that these structural changes will generate are difficult to be foreseen. This article builds after-crisis scenarios for Europe on the basis of alternative evolutions of these structural changes. On the basis of a regional forecasting model (MASST3), the article presents two oppo…
Cities and the Urban Land Premium
Cognitive Capital and Islands of Innovation
Caragliu A. and Nijkamp P. Cognitive capital and islands of innovation: the Lucas growth model from a regional perspective, Regional Studies. Knowledge triggers regional growth. Evidence suggests that skilled labour force concentrates in islands of innovation, providing an advantage for innovative regions and a challenge for lagging ones. A growth model explaining the effect of human capital on regional wealth is presented. Estimates are based on…
Much Ado About Something? An Appraisal of the Relationship Between Smart City and Smart Specialisation Policies
Smart policies at the urban (smart city initiatives) and the regional (smart specialisation Strategies, S3) level, both fostered by the need to better spend the reduced budget available for EU policy‐making, have recently gained much attention. While some attempts have been made to explore the growth potential of the two policies separately, no empirical analysis has considered their joint contribution to regional growth. This paper identifies tw…
Regional institutions and the urban digital divide
The digital divide represents one of the many facets of socio-economic inequalities, creating a wedge between citizens with the means and ability to reap the benefits related to modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and those who lack these resources and skills. Among its determinants at the individual and more aggregate level, space-specific factors, including the quality of regional institutions, may affect its geographical b…
Determinants of loan repayment performance among borrowers of microfinance institutions
Smart Cities in Europe
Urban performance currently depends not only on a city's endowment of hard infrastructure (physical capital), but also, and increasingly so, on the availability and quality of knowledge communication and social infrastructure (human and social capital). The latter form of capital is decisive for urban competitiveness. Against this background, the concept of the “smart city” has recently been introduced as a strategic device to encompass modern ur…
Territorial Capital and Regional Growth
Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space‐economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance across geographical units. This paper addresses this intriguing issue at the regional lev…
Smartness and European urban performance
In this paper we adopt a comprehensive definition of Smart City and examine whether and how the main characteristics of urban smartness are growth-enhancing. With a sample of cities from the European Union we assess the cityspecific impacts on urban performance of a complex ‘‘urban smartness’’ indicator by applying a Spatial Autoregressive Local Estimate to an urban production function. The results of this econometric analysis point in the direct…
Technological interdependence and regional growth in Europe
Cognitive Capital and Islands of Innovation
Caragliu A. and Nijkamp P. Cognitive capital and islands of innovation: the Lucas growth model from a regional perspective, Regional Studies. Knowledge triggers regional growth. Evidence suggests that skilled labour force concentrates in islands of innovation, providing an advantage for innovative regions and a challenge for lagging ones. A growth model explaining the effect of human capital on regional wealth is presented. Estimates are based on…
Smart Cities
The Rise of Second-Rank Cities
In the last 15 years, empirical evidence has emerged about the fact that European first-rank cities have not always led national economic performance, and when they did, the difference between first- and second-rank cities in explaining national growth has not been significant. A recent work [Dijkstra, L., Garcilazo, E. & McCann, P. (2013) The economic performance of European cities and city regions: Myths and realities, European Planning Studies…
After crisis scenarios for Europe
Structural adjustment in the European Union emerged as the result of the 7-year crisis, providing risks and opportunities to national and regional economies. The effects that these structural changes will generate are difficult to be foreseen. This article builds after-crisis scenarios for Europe on the basis of alternative evolutions of these structural changes. On the basis of a regional forecasting model (MASST3), the article presents two oppo…
Spatial heterogeneity in the costs of the economic crisis in Europe
This article measures the spatial heterogeneity of the costs of the economic crisis and assesses the role of cities as sources of regional resilience in Europe. Cities hosting financial activities have been severely hit during the crisis; however, they also host hard and soft territorial capital elements—high physical accessibility, access to information and knowledge, advanced functions, agglomeration economies—generating inter-sectoral producti…
Space and knowledge spillovers in European regions
Usually, knowledge spillovers (KS) are related to geographic proximity. In the present study, we measure KS on the basis of different proximity matrices, focusing on the relational, social, cognitive and technological preconditions for knowledge diffusion. In the light of previous studies on KS, we examine: (i) which types of proximity enhance or hamper knowledge flows, and (ii) whether local absorptive capacity favour such flows. Our results ind…
Do Smart Cities Invest in Smarter Policies? Learning From the Past, Planning for the Future
Research on Smart Cities has come of age. Intense discussion on this topic has been ongoing for years, and the academic prominence of this concept has also engendered several policy initiatives inspired by this label at different administrative levels. However, to date, no large-scale evaluation of the relationship between urban smartness and smart urban policies has been attempted. This article aims at filling this gap. By building on a solid de…
Cities and the Urban Land Premium
Determinants of loan repayment performance among borrowers of microfinance institutions
Static vs. dynamic agglomeration economies. Spatial context and structural evolution behind urban growth
Both Marshall and Jacobs were Right
This article adds to the empirical evidence on the impact of agglomeration externalities on regional growth along three main dimensions. On the basis of data on 259 Europe NUTS2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) regions and 15 NACE (Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne) 1.1 2-digit industries for the period 1990–2007, we show that agglomeration externalities are stronger in technology-i…
Philip McCann, The regional and urban policies of the European Union
The regional costs of market size losses in a EU dismembering process
Collective benefits of an urban transformation
Measuring border effects in European cross-border regions
This paper presents a new methodology to measure border effects from a different perspective with respect to the standard gravitational approach. The methodology proposed measures supply-side border effects by identifying two types of limits produced by the border to the productive system: inefficiency in exploiting local resources (efficiency needs) and scarce endowment of resources (endowment needs), the former calling for intervention on resou…
Much Ado About Something? An Appraisal of the Relationship Between Smart City and Smart Specialisation Policies
Smart policies at the urban (smart city initiatives) and the regional (smart specialisation Strategies, S3) level, both fostered by the need to better spend the reduced budget available for EU policy‐making, have recently gained much attention. While some attempts have been made to explore the growth potential of the two policies separately, no empirical analysis has considered their joint contribution to regional growth. This paper identifies tw…
Breaking Down the Border
The literature on borders as barriers to economic growth presents some weaknesses in conceptualizing and measuring border effects due to obstacles of different nature (e.g., physical, institutional, and social/cultural). This article aims at overcoming this limitation by demonstrating that political borders actually comprise several lines of fracture in the continuity of socioeconomic space. As such, border effects must be decomposed into their b…
Smart innovative cities
Alain Bertaud, Order without design
Regional growth and disparities in a post‐Covid Europe
This paper addresses the important question “Which European areas will be able to better react to the crisis induced by COVID‐19 and how regional disparities will look like?” To provide an answer, a “new normality” scenario is built, comprising the structural changes likely to take place in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. To develop such scenario, two intermediate steps are necessary, in both cases relying on the use of the latest generation…
Le città metropolitane
Sulla base della teoria delle localita centrali, questo lavoro paragona la performance delle 14 citta metropolitane, istituite con la legge Delrio, al resto del Paese, per comprendere se tali citta si distacchino dal resto del Paese per posizionamento nella gerarchia urbana. I risultati suggeriscono che i criteri di applicazione della legge con cui si sono definiti i perimetri delle stesse con quelli delle province che hanno sostituito, non hanno…
Economics (23 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (21 works) · Regional Development and Policy (20 works) · Economic geography (19 works) · Geography (18 works) · Business (15 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Regional science (11 works)