Timo Mitze
Biographic Data
| ID | 4381641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timo Mitze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timo |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitze |
| SIGNATURE | MITZE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3799-5200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Geopolitical conflicts, sanctions and international knowledge flows: EU–Russia collaboration during the Ukraine crisis
This article studies the development of scientific co‐publications between EU countries and Russia since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2014. We investigate if economic sanctions and counter‐sanctions imposed during the crisis affected EU–Russia knowledge flows even before all science collaborations between the EU countries and Russia were eventually suspended as part of the EU sanctions in 2022. Our econometric analysis uses a gravity model …
Can large-scale RDI funding stimulate post-crisis recovery growth? Evidence for Finland during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health restrictions led to a significant slump in economic activities around the globe. This slump has been met by various policy actions to cushion the detrimental socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and eventually bring the economy back on track. We provide an ex-ante evaluation of the effectiveness of a massive expansion of RDI funding in Finland to stimulate post-crisis recovery growt…
Vive le Tour!? Estimating the place‐based benefits of hosting the Tour de France
The Tour de France (TdF) is one of the biggest and most recognized annual sporting events in the world. Cities and regions participate actively by hosting a stage start and/or finish, but it is unclear if there are place‐based benefits from such local engagements. We estimate the direct and spatially indirect immediate regional benefits of hosting a TdF stage using monthly tourism data for French départements during 2011–2020. Our static and dyna…
Crisis and the welfare state: The role of public employment services for job placement and the Danish flexicurity system during Covid-19
Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with local government autonomy in public service provision related to workfare policies. We use a policy experiment that re-opened on-site public employment services after the first COVID-19 lockdown in a spatially staggered manner to provide evidence on the effect of public employment services on job placement during a crisis. Early re-opening of on-site public employment services is associated with a better loc…
Epidemic–economic complexity of Covid-19 policies across skill groups and geographies
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened public health and socio-economic activities across societal groups and geographies. We analyse the complex interplay between epidemic and economic factors using a structural panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) approach for Danish municipalities. Findings indicate that the pandemic shock and associated public health interventions led to significant increases in unemployment rates. Wage compensations reduce regio…
The geography of innovation in times of crisis: A comparison of rural and urban RDI patterns during Covid-19
There is an evident research gap in the literature on the geography of innovation: very little is known about the innovation activities of rural enterprises in times of crisis. The topic is addressed here by analysing space–time differences in the receipt of research, development and innovation (RDI) funding by Finnish firms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as a major economic shock. Using firm- and municipal-level panel regression analyse…
The Covid‐19 containment effects of public health measures: A spatial difference‐in‐differences approach
The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid‐19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference‐in‐differences approach. We find that contact restrictions, mandatory wearing of face masks and closure of schools substantially contributed to flattening the infection curve. The sig…
Inter-regional innovation cooperation and structural heterogeneity: Does being a rural, or border region, or both, make a difference
EU Regional Policy and the Neighbour's Curse: Analyzing the Income Convergence Effects of Esif Funding in the Presence of Spatial Spillovers
The European structural and investment funds (ESIF) constitute the prime instrument of EU regional policy. We study the ESIF's effectiveness in terms of fostering intra‐EU income convergence through investment support to lagging regions. Our empirical results for the period 1997–2007 indicate that the ESIF's contribution to income growth is insignificant or even negative for several peripheral EU regions. We argue that the negative link between f…
A look behind the curtain: Measuring the complex economic effects of regional structural funds in Germany
Centrality and get-richer mechanisms in interregional knowledge networks
This study analyzes the determinants of a region’s centrality position in research collaboration networks and their variation over time. Focusing on the German biotechnology industry, we use data on collaboration activities among NUTS-3 regions in 2005 and 2009 to construct centrality measures and relate them to sector-region-specific and overall regional attributes in an explorative regression approach. The results indicate that fit-get-richer m…
The tuition fee ‘shock’: Analysing the response of firstyear students to a spatially discontinuous policy change in Germany
Exploring the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices and identifying hot spots in Berlin’s residential property market
In this work, we use residual values obtained from an estimated hedonic pricing model to assess the role of district-level neighbourhood effects for the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices in Berlin between 2008 and 2013. By doing so, we also aim at identifying hot and cold spots of quality-adjusted rental prices for apartments across the residential locations within the city of Berlin. The resulting pattern of ‘residual’ rental p…
Does regional science need an experimentalist buzz
The purpose of this article is to stimulate the discussion about the constant influx of new and potentially useful methods for empirical investigations in regional science and policy analysis. Particularly, the focus here lies on a brief presentation of ‘quasi’-experimentalist methods as a promising approach to derive causal statements with respect to the effectiveness of regional policy instruments. Outlining potential advantages and pitfalls of…
EU Regional Policy and the Neighbour's Curse: Analyzing the Income Convergence Effects of Esif Funding in the Presence of Spatial Spillovers
The European structural and investment funds (ESIF) constitute the prime instrument of EU regional policy. We study the ESIF's effectiveness in terms of fostering intra‐EU income convergence through investment support to lagging regions. Our empirical results for the period 1997–2007 indicate that the ESIF's contribution to income growth is insignificant or even negative for several peripheral EU regions. We argue that the negative link between f…
The geography of innovation in times of crisis: A comparison of rural and urban RDI patterns during Covid-19
There is an evident research gap in the literature on the geography of innovation: very little is known about the innovation activities of rural enterprises in times of crisis. The topic is addressed here by analysing space–time differences in the receipt of research, development and innovation (RDI) funding by Finnish firms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as a major economic shock. Using firm- and municipal-level panel regression analyse…
Inter-regional innovation cooperation and structural heterogeneity: Does being a rural, or border region, or both, make a difference
Exploring the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices and identifying hot spots in Berlin’s residential property market
In this work, we use residual values obtained from an estimated hedonic pricing model to assess the role of district-level neighbourhood effects for the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices in Berlin between 2008 and 2013. By doing so, we also aim at identifying hot and cold spots of quality-adjusted rental prices for apartments across the residential locations within the city of Berlin. The resulting pattern of ‘residual’ rental p…
Crisis and the welfare state: The role of public employment services for job placement and the Danish flexicurity system during Covid-19
Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with local government autonomy in public service provision related to workfare policies. We use a policy experiment that re-opened on-site public employment services after the first COVID-19 lockdown in a spatially staggered manner to provide evidence on the effect of public employment services on job placement during a crisis. Early re-opening of on-site public employment services is associated with a better loc…
Epidemic–economic complexity of Covid-19 policies across skill groups and geographies
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened public health and socio-economic activities across societal groups and geographies. We analyse the complex interplay between epidemic and economic factors using a structural panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) approach for Danish municipalities. Findings indicate that the pandemic shock and associated public health interventions led to significant increases in unemployment rates. Wage compensations reduce regio…
The tuition fee ‘shock’: Analysing the response of firstyear students to a spatially discontinuous policy change in Germany
Does regional science need an experimentalist buzz
The purpose of this article is to stimulate the discussion about the constant influx of new and potentially useful methods for empirical investigations in regional science and policy analysis. Particularly, the focus here lies on a brief presentation of ‘quasi’-experimentalist methods as a promising approach to derive causal statements with respect to the effectiveness of regional policy instruments. Outlining potential advantages and pitfalls of…
Exploring the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices and identifying hot spots in Berlin’s residential property market
In this work, we use residual values obtained from an estimated hedonic pricing model to assess the role of district-level neighbourhood effects for the spatial variation in quality-adjusted rental prices in Berlin between 2008 and 2013. By doing so, we also aim at identifying hot and cold spots of quality-adjusted rental prices for apartments across the residential locations within the city of Berlin. The resulting pattern of ‘residual’ rental p…
Does regional science need an experimentalist buzz
The purpose of this article is to stimulate the discussion about the constant influx of new and potentially useful methods for empirical investigations in regional science and policy analysis. Particularly, the focus here lies on a brief presentation of ‘quasi’-experimentalist methods as a promising approach to derive causal statements with respect to the effectiveness of regional policy instruments. Outlining potential advantages and pitfalls of…
The tuition fee ‘shock’: Analysing the response of firstyear students to a spatially discontinuous policy change in Germany
A look behind the curtain: Measuring the complex economic effects of regional structural funds in Germany
Centrality and get-richer mechanisms in interregional knowledge networks
This study analyzes the determinants of a region’s centrality position in research collaboration networks and their variation over time. Focusing on the German biotechnology industry, we use data on collaboration activities among NUTS-3 regions in 2005 and 2009 to construct centrality measures and relate them to sector-region-specific and overall regional attributes in an explorative regression approach. The results indicate that fit-get-richer m…
Inter-regional innovation cooperation and structural heterogeneity: Does being a rural, or border region, or both, make a difference
EU Regional Policy and the Neighbour's Curse: Analyzing the Income Convergence Effects of Esif Funding in the Presence of Spatial Spillovers
The European structural and investment funds (ESIF) constitute the prime instrument of EU regional policy. We study the ESIF's effectiveness in terms of fostering intra‐EU income convergence through investment support to lagging regions. Our empirical results for the period 1997–2007 indicate that the ESIF's contribution to income growth is insignificant or even negative for several peripheral EU regions. We argue that the negative link between f…
The Covid‐19 containment effects of public health measures: A spatial difference‐in‐differences approach
The paper studies the containment effects of public health measures to curb the spread of Covid‐19 during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 in Germany. To identify the effects of six compound sets of public health measures, we employ a spatial difference‐in‐differences approach. We find that contact restrictions, mandatory wearing of face masks and closure of schools substantially contributed to flattening the infection curve. The sig…
The geography of innovation in times of crisis: A comparison of rural and urban RDI patterns during Covid-19
There is an evident research gap in the literature on the geography of innovation: very little is known about the innovation activities of rural enterprises in times of crisis. The topic is addressed here by analysing space–time differences in the receipt of research, development and innovation (RDI) funding by Finnish firms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as a major economic shock. Using firm- and municipal-level panel regression analyse…
Geopolitical conflicts, sanctions and international knowledge flows: EU–Russia collaboration during the Ukraine crisis
This article studies the development of scientific co‐publications between EU countries and Russia since the start of the Ukraine crisis in 2014. We investigate if economic sanctions and counter‐sanctions imposed during the crisis affected EU–Russia knowledge flows even before all science collaborations between the EU countries and Russia were eventually suspended as part of the EU sanctions in 2022. Our econometric analysis uses a gravity model …
Can large-scale RDI funding stimulate post-crisis recovery growth? Evidence for Finland during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health restrictions led to a significant slump in economic activities around the globe. This slump has been met by various policy actions to cushion the detrimental socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and eventually bring the economy back on track. We provide an ex-ante evaluation of the effectiveness of a massive expansion of RDI funding in Finland to stimulate post-crisis recovery growt…
Vive le Tour!? Estimating the place‐based benefits of hosting the Tour de France
The Tour de France (TdF) is one of the biggest and most recognized annual sporting events in the world. Cities and regions participate actively by hosting a stage start and/or finish, but it is unclear if there are place‐based benefits from such local engagements. We estimate the direct and spatially indirect immediate regional benefits of hosting a TdF stage using monthly tourism data for French départements during 2011–2020. Our static and dyna…
Crisis and the welfare state: The role of public employment services for job placement and the Danish flexicurity system during Covid-19
Denmark is a Nordic welfare state with local government autonomy in public service provision related to workfare policies. We use a policy experiment that re-opened on-site public employment services after the first COVID-19 lockdown in a spatially staggered manner to provide evidence on the effect of public employment services on job placement during a crisis. Early re-opening of on-site public employment services is associated with a better loc…
Epidemic–economic complexity of Covid-19 policies across skill groups and geographies
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened public health and socio-economic activities across societal groups and geographies. We analyse the complex interplay between epidemic and economic factors using a structural panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) approach for Danish municipalities. Findings indicate that the pandemic shock and associated public health interventions led to significant increases in unemployment rates. Wage compensations reduce regio…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Regional Development and Policy (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 works)