Antonella Rita Ferrara

Biographic Data

ID4266237
NAMEAntonella Rita Ferrara
GIVEN NAMESAntonella Rita
FAMILY NAMEFerrara
SIGNATUREFERRARA A R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calabria
ORCID0000-0002-3161-8845
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS18
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Targeting and Effectiveness of Location‐Based Policies

    Open AccessVincenzo Carrieri, Guido de Blasio et al.ARTICLEJournal of Regional Science2026

    This paper provides new insights into the design of effective location‐based policies. In the context of European regional policy, we apply machine learning algorithms to predict regions likely to underutilize EU funding and identify the main determinants of their low absorptive capacity. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), we show that EU funds are less effective in regions with low predicted absorptive capacity, while boosting output…

  • Are authenticity labels effective for local tourism efficiency? A regression discontinuity design approach

    Open AccessDante Di Matteo, Antonella Rita FerraraARTICLEJournal of Cultural Economics2025

  • Judicial Reform and Banks Credit Risk Exposure

    Open AccessGiulia Canzian, Antonella Rita FerraraARTICLEOxford Bulletin of Economics and…2025

    The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of the Judicial System Reform, which was introduced in Italy in 2012, on the efficiency of the judicial system and the exposure of banks to credit risk in terms of Non‐performing loans. To this end, we apply a difference‐in‐differences approach, using a dataset that covers annual judicial proceedings from 2010 to 2017, supplemented by bank balance sheet data. Our findings indicate that the reform had…

  • The impact of financial support to firms during crises

    Open AccessGiulia Canzian, Elena Crivellaro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Economic Behavior &…2025

  • Beyond GDP

    Giuseppe Albanese, Vincenzo Carrieri et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2024References: 5

    In this paper, we present new evidence on the European Union’s (EU) Cohesion Policy’s last concluded programming period (2007–13). We depart from the broadly used gross domestic product (GDP) growth approach and evaluate the multidimensional impact of EU Structural Funds on a large battery of regional indicators, including economic, educational, health, social and environmental outcomes. This comprehensive analysis shows an overall almost null ef…

  • The heterogeneous effect of European Union Cohesion Policy on regional well-being

    Open AccessElena Calegari, Antonella Rita Ferrara et al.ARTICLEEuropean Urban and Regional Studies2023Cited by: 1References: 9

    This study contributes to understanding the multidimensional effects of the European Union Cohesion Policy and highlights the importance of considering a wider range of well-being indicators when evaluating regional policies. The Extended Regional Development Index is an index of regional well-being that measures a broader set of regional outcomes. We examine the effects of Cohesion Policy on the Extended Regional Development Index in European Un…

  • The response of regional well-being to place-based policy interventions

    Open AccessAntonella Rita Ferrara, Lewis Dijkstra et al.ARTICLERegional Science and Urban…2022

    Enhancing the well-being of its citizens is the central remit of the EU's regional policy, but as yet, there is no analysis of the effects of EU regional policy on local well-being. The aim of this paper is to examine this relationship. To do this, we define a novel regionalised well-being measure and we exploit a dataset on regional expenditure in a continuous treatment framework. Based on both parametric and semi-parametric approaches, our anal…

  • Does Institutional Quality Matter for Multidimensional Well-Being Inequalities? Insights from Italy

    Open AccessAntonella Rita Ferrara, Rosanna NisticòARTICLESocial Indicators Research2019Cited by: 11References: 62

  • Assessing the impacts of Cohesion Policy on EU regions

    Open AccessAntonella Rita Ferrara, Phillip Mccann et al.ARTICLEPapers of the Regional Science…2016Cited by: 6References: 5