{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2749070514","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","title":"The Impact of Institutional Quality and Efficient Cohesion Investments on Economic Growth Evidence from Italian Regions","display_name":"The Impact of Institutional Quality and Efficient Cohesion Investments on Economic Growth Evidence from Italian Regions","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-08-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2749070514","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","mag":"2749070514"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/su9081432","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1432/pdf?version=1502711399","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1432/pdf?version=1502711399","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082394044","display_name":"Roberta Arbolino","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5455-5077","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5455-5077"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I127927624","display_name":"University of Naples - L'Orientale","ror":"https://ror.org/01q9h8k89","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I127927624"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Roberta Arbolino","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d, 80134 Naples, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d, 80134 Naples, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I127927624"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063943638","display_name":"Raffaele Boffardi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-7551","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0219-7551"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I127927624","display_name":"University of Naples - L'Orientale","ror":"https://ror.org/01q9h8k89","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I127927624"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Raffaele Boffardi","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d, 80134 Naples, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d, 80134 Naples, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I127927624"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082394044"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I127927624"],"apc_list":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2896},"apc_paid":{"value":2400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2896},"fwci":23.747,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":42,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99211412,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"9","issue":"8","first_page":"1432","last_page":"1432"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12961","display_name":"Regional Development and Policy","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12961","display_name":"Regional Development and Policy","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11770","display_name":"Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12446","display_name":"Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/institutional-quality","display_name":"institutional quality","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eu-cohesion-funds","display_name":"EU cohesion funds","score":0.7269999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-economic-growth","display_name":"regional economic growth","score":0.7390000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/italian-regions","display_name":"Italian regions","score":0.6370000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/institutional-quality-index","display_name":"institutional quality index","score":0.8399999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/efficiency-index","display_name":"efficiency index","score":0.5920000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-government","display_name":"regional government","score":0.492000013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/eu-structural-funds","display_name":"EU structural funds","score":0.5249999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/southern-italy","display_name":"Southern Italy","score":0.597000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-policy","display_name":"regional policy","score":0.414000004529953}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104054115","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216828","display_name":"Cohesion (chemistry)","level":2,"score":0.8188986778259277},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910001868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458","display_name":"European union","level":2,"score":0.6465680599212646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6422946","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q857354","display_name":"Panel data","level":2,"score":0.5228086709976196},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5178713798522949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63882131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17122954","display_name":"Strengths and weaknesses","level":2,"score":0.49324649572372437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.4674670994281769},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182306322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779371","display_name":"Order (exchange)","level":2,"score":0.44688859581947327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.4158446788787842},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777382242","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6017816","display_name":"Index (typography)","level":2,"score":0.4102199673652649},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100001284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248246","display_name":"Public economics","level":1,"score":0.3696112632751465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74363100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273005","display_name":"Economic system","level":1,"score":0.36073774099349976},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105639569","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582577","display_name":"Economic policy","level":1,"score":0.3399757146835327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.2132149338722229},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.15366101264953613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/su9081432","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1432/pdf?version=1502711399","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:unora.unior.it:11574/178533","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11574/178533","pdf_url":"https://unora.unior.it/bitstream/11574/178533/2/sustainability-09-01432.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055325","display_name":"ARCHIVIO ISTITUZIONALE DELLA RICERCA-UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI \"LORIENTALE\"","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:8:p:1432-:d:108228","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1432/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:bb11a39e8b0049dfb8800347b11c51d4","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/bb11a39e8b0049dfb8800347b11c51d4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 1432 (2017)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/su9081432","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/8/1432/pdf?version=1502711399","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S10134376","display_name":"Sustainability","issn_l":"2071-1050","issn":["2071-1050"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sustainability","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.4000000059604645}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2749070514.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2749070514.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1175139212","https://openalex.org/W1480414560","https://openalex.org/W1482247823","https://openalex.org/W1542619113","https://openalex.org/W1560415443","https://openalex.org/W1605372955","https://openalex.org/W1714967631","https://openalex.org/W1919179552","https://openalex.org/W1922008862","https://openalex.org/W1975947792","https://openalex.org/W2014260825","https://openalex.org/W2029066427","https://openalex.org/W2035427242","https://openalex.org/W2036005285","https://openalex.org/W2037238221","https://openalex.org/W2041578715","https://openalex.org/W2043310667","https://openalex.org/W2044714693","https://openalex.org/W2056082928","https://openalex.org/W2060214757","https://openalex.org/W2081871690","https://openalex.org/W2082239511","https://openalex.org/W2094186174","https://openalex.org/W2104619849","https://openalex.org/W2111564772","https://openalex.org/W2113596540","https://openalex.org/W2113978810","https://openalex.org/W2127999605","https://openalex.org/W2128649097","https://openalex.org/W2142975160","https://openalex.org/W2152072138","https://openalex.org/W2163178310","https://openalex.org/W2163615391","https://openalex.org/W2163850302","https://openalex.org/W2165032659","https://openalex.org/W2203059644","https://openalex.org/W2338067160","https://openalex.org/W2341149028","https://openalex.org/W2403246330","https://openalex.org/W2419284388","https://openalex.org/W2468277201","https://openalex.org/W2470495883","https://openalex.org/W2552842523","https://openalex.org/W2562303867","https://openalex.org/W2609003998","https://openalex.org/W2620648669","https://openalex.org/W3121516920","https://openalex.org/W3121562383","https://openalex.org/W4251790758","https://openalex.org/W6632473270","https://openalex.org/W7056488261"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7110826496","https://openalex.org/W2742111314","https://openalex.org/W4417435741","https://openalex.org/W4394730738","https://openalex.org/W7112941307","https://openalex.org/W2071162216","https://openalex.org/W4224442165","https://openalex.org/W2747498568","https://openalex.org/W1922008862","https://openalex.org/W3128114151"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Literature":[0],"stresses":[1],"that":[2,24],"efficient":[3],"institutions":[4,26],"are":[5,142,152],"necessary":[6],"to":[7,82,105,112,145],"achieve":[8],"the":[9,20,33,43,51,58,61,74,84,91,107,126,146,158],"highest":[10,34],"returns":[11],"from":[12,36],"public":[13],"policies.":[14],"It":[15],"has":[16],"been":[17],"recognized":[18],"by":[19,162],"European":[21,114],"Union":[22],"(EU)":[23],"regional":[25,64,110,147],"have":[27,89],"a":[28,97,118],"fundamental":[29],"role":[30],"in":[31,103,136,157],"obtaining":[32],"results":[35,133],"Cohesion":[37,138],"and":[38,46,66,130,140],"Structural":[39],"investments,":[40],"which":[41],"represent":[42],"main":[44],"fiscal":[45],"anticyclical":[47],"instruments":[48],"available":[49],"for":[50],"regions.":[52,79],"The":[53,132],"paper":[54],"aims":[55],"at":[56],"analyzing":[57],"impact":[59],"of":[60,63,69,77,86,99,109],"quality":[62,85],"governments,":[65],"their":[67],"management":[68],"EU":[70],"cohesion":[71],"funds":[72],"on":[73],"economic":[75],"growth":[76],"Italian":[78],"In":[80],"order":[81,104],"measure":[83],"institutions,":[87],"we":[88],"combined":[90],"Institutional":[92],"Quality":[93],"Index":[94],"(IQI)":[95],"with":[96],"set":[98],"efficiency":[100,150],"indexes,":[101],"calculated":[102],"evaluate":[106],"ability":[108],"policymakers":[111],"manage":[113],"Funds.":[115],"We":[116],"conduct":[117],"two-way":[119],"fixed":[120],"effect":[121],"panel":[122],"regression":[123],"model":[124],"during":[125],"period":[127],"between":[128],"2007":[129],"2015.":[131],"underline":[134],"that,":[135],"general,":[137],"investments":[139],"IQI":[141],"positively":[143],"related":[144],"growth;":[148],"instead,":[149],"indexes":[151],"important":[153],"key":[154],"factors":[155],"mainly":[156],"Southern":[159],"area,":[160],"characterized":[161],"structural":[163],"weaknesses.":[164]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00"}