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Books
Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union”, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer, September 2011 [ISBN 978-3-642-17760-6]
Edited books
Crescenzi R. & Percoco M. (Editors) “Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance”, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer, 2013 [ISBN 978-3-642-33394-1 ISBN 978-3-642-33395-8 (eBook)]
Journal Articles
- Bruno, R.L., Crescenzi, R., Estrin, S. et al.(2022) "Multinationals, innovation, and institutional context: IPR protection and distance effects". Journal of International Business Studies, 2022.
- Crescenzi, R., De Filippis, F., Giua, M., Vaquero Pineiro, C. "Geographical indications and local development: the strength of territorial embeddedness", Regional Studies, 56:3, 381-393, 2022 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi, R., Di Cataldo, M., Giua, M. "FDI inflows in Europe: Does investment promotion work?", Journal of International Economics, Volume 132, September 2021, 103497 [OPEN ACCESS]
- (2021) "Regions in Covid-19 recovery", Regional Studies, 55:12, 1955-1965, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.2003768 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi, R., Ganau, R., Storper, M. "Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA", Journal of Economic Geography, 2021 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi, R., Giua, M., Sonzogno, G.V. "Mind the Covid-19 crisis: An evidence-based implementation of Next Generation EU", Journal of Policy Modeling, 2021, 43(2), pp. 278–297 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi, R., Di Cataldo, M., Giua, M. "It's not about the money. EU funds, local opportunities, and Euroscepticism", Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020, 84, 103556 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Cortinovis, N., Crescenzi, R., Van Oort, F. "Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions", Journal of Economic Geography, 2020, 20(5), pp. 1165–1205 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi R. and Giua M. "One or many Cohesion Policies of the European Union? On the differential economic impacts of Cohesion Policy across Member States", Regional Studies, 2020,, [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi R. Fratesi U. and Monastiriotis V. "Back to the Member States? Cohesion Policy and the national challenges to the European Union" , Regional Studies, 2020, , [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi R., De Blasio G. and Giua M. “Cohesion
Policy Incentives for Collaborative Industrial Research. The Evaluation
of a Smart Specialisation Forerunner Programme”, Regional Studies,
2020, , [OPEN ACCESS]
Read also our VoxEu column : What works (and what doesn’t) for smart specialisation strategies in Italy’s Mezzogiorno
- Crescenzi R. and Gagliardi L. "The innovative performance of firms in heterogeneous environments: The interplay between external knowledge and internal absorptive capacities", Research Policy, 47(4), 782-795, 2018, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.02.006 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi, R., Di Cataldo M., Faggian A. "Internationalised at work and localistic at home: the ‘split’ Europeanisation behind Brexit", Papers in Regional Science, 97(1), 117-132, 2018, ISSN 1056-8190 [OPEN ACCESS]
- Crescenzi R. and Rodríguez-Pose A., "The geography of innovation in China and India" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(6), 1010–1027, 2017, doi:10.1111/1468-2427.12554
- Crescenzi R. and Iammarino S., "Global Investments and Regional Development Trajectories: the Missing Links", Regional Studies, 51(1), 97-115, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1262016 [Open Access]
- Crescenzi R., Datu K., Iammarino S., "European Cities and Foreign Investment Networks", Scienze Regionali (ISSN 1720-3929), 16(2), 229-260, 2017, doi: 10.14650/86465
- Crescenzi R., Filippetti A., Iammarino S., "Academic Inventors: Collaboration and Proximity with Industry", Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(4), 730-762, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s10961-016-9550-z [Open Access]
- Crescenzi R. and Jaax A., "Innovation in Russia: the territorial dimension", Economic Geography,93:1, 66-88, 2017, DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2016.1208532
- Ascani A., Crescenzi R., Iammarino S. "The geography of foreign investments in the EU neighbourhood." Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie / Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 108 (1), 76–91, 2017, DOI 10.1111/tesg.12198
- Crescenzi R. and Giua M., "The EU Cohesion policy in context: Does a bottom-up approach work in all regions?", Environment and Planning A, 48(11), 2340–2357, 2016, DOI: 10.1177/0308518X16658291
- Crescenzi R., Holman N., Orru E., "Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration", Annals of Regional Science, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-016-0760-y [in press - Open Access]
- Crescenzi R. and Petrakos G. "The European Union and its neighboring countries: The economic geography of trade, Foreign Direct Investment and development", Environment and Planning C, 34, 581-591, 2016, DOI: 10.1177/0263774X16642640
- Ascani, A., Crescenzi, R., Iammarino, S. "Economic Institutions and the Location Strategies of European Multinationals in their Geographical Neighbourhood", Economic Geography, 92:4, 401-429, 2016 DOI:10.1080/00130095.2016.1179570
- Crescenzi R., Di Cataldo M, Rodríguez-Pose A. "Government quality and the economic returns of transport infrastructure investment in European regions", Journal of Regional Science, 56(4), 555-582, 2016, DOI: 10.1111/jors.12264
- Ascani A., Crescenzi R., Iammarino S. "What drives European multinationals to the EU neighbouring countries? A mixed methods analysis of Italian investment strategies", Environment and Planning C, 34, 656-675, 2016, doi:10.1177/0263774X16628180
- Crescenzi R., Pietrobelli P., Rabellotti R. "Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of Emerging Countries’ Multinationals in Europe", European Planning Studies, 24(4), 645-667, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1129395
- Crescenzi R., Luca D., Milio S. "Resistance to the crisis in Europe: macroeconomic conditions, regional structural factors and short-term economic performance", Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9, 13–32, 2016, doi:10.1093/cjres/rsv031
- Crescenzi R., Nathan M., Rodríguez-Pose A. "Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation", Research Policy, 45 (1), 177-194, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2015.07.003
- Crescenzi R., Gagliardi L. & Orru' E. "Learning mobility grants and skill (mis)matching in the labour market. The case of the 'Master and Back' Programme", Papers in Regional Science, 95(4), 693-707, 2016, DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12155
- Charlot S., Crescenzi R. & Musolesi A. "Econometric Modelling of the Regional Knowledge Production Function in Europe”, Journal of Economic Geography,15(6), 1227-1259, 2015, doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbu035
- Crescenzi, R., Gagliardi, L., Iammarino, S., "Foreign Multinationals and domestic innovation: intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity", Research Policy, 44, 596–609, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.009
- Crescenzi R., De Filippis F. & Pierangeli F. “In tandem for cohesion? Synergies and conflicts between regional and agricultural policies of the European Union”, Regional Studies, 49 (4), 2015 doi:10.1080/00343404.2014.946401
- Crescenzi R., Pietrobelli C. & Rabellotti R. “Innovation Drivers, Value Chains and the Geography of Multinational Corporations in Europe”, Journal of Economic Geography, 14 (6), 1053-1086, 2014, doi:10.1093/jeg/lbt018
- Crescenzi R., Gagliardi L. & Percoco M. "Social capital and the innovative performance of Italian provinces", Environment and Planning A, 45(4), 908-929, 2013 doi: 10.1068/a45221
- Crescenzi R. and Rodriguéz-Pose A "R&D, Socio-Economic Conditions, and Regional Innovation in the U.S.", Growth and Change, 44(2), 290–323, 2013
- Crescenzi R., Rodríguez-Pose A. & Storper M. “The territorial dynamics of innovation in China and India”, Journal of Economic Geography, 12, 1055–1085, 2012
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “An ‘integrated’ framework for the comparative analysis of the territorial innovation dynamics of developed and emerging countries”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 26(3), 517–533, 2012
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union”, Papers in Regional Science, 91(3), 487–513, 2012. doi: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00439.x
- Balassone F. and Crescenzi R. “Economics and Politics of Infrastructure Investments in Italy”, QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, issue 1, 7-19, 2012
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Reconciling top-down and bottom-up development policies”, Environment and planning A, 43, 773-780, 2011
- Crescenzi R. “Undermining the principle of territorial concentration? EU regional policy and the socio-economic disadvantage of European regions” Regional Studies, 43(1), 111-133, 2009
- Rodríguez-Pose A. & Crescenzi R. “Mountains in a flat world. Why proximity still matters for the location of economic activity” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1(3), 371-388, 2008
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Infrastructure endowment and investment as determinants of regional growth in the European Union” European Investment Bank Papers, 13(2), 62-101, 2008
- Rodríguez-Pose A. & Crescenzi R. “R&D, spillovers, innovation systems and the genesis of regional growth in Europe” Regional Studies, 42(1), 51-67, 2008
- Crescenzi R & Fabiani G. “Globalizzazione e convergenza dei sistemi agro-alimentari delle economie industriali”, QA/Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2, 7-44, 2007
- Crescenzi R., Rodríguez-Pose A. & Storper M. “The territorial dynamics of innovation: a Europe-United States Comparative Analysis”, The Journal of Economic Geography, 7(6), 673-709, 2007.
- Costantini C., Crescenzi R., De Filippis F. & Salvatici L. “Bargaining coalitions in the WTO agricultural negotiations” The World Economy, 30(5), 863-891, 2007
- Crescenzi R. “Innovation and regional growth in the enlarged Europe: the role of local innovative capabilities, peripherality and education.” Growth and Change 36(4), 471-507, Fall 2005
- Crescenzi R. “The Agricultural Policy of the E.U. and its effects on the spatial structure of the agriculture of New Member States: the case of Poland”. QA/La Questione Agraria, 1, 87-120, 2004
Book chapters
- Crescenzi R., Nathan M., Rodríguez-Pose A. (2022) "Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation" In: Handbook of Proximity Relations, edited by André Torre, and Delphine Gallaud, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022, 252-272
- Crescenzi R. (2021) Changes in Economic Geography Theory and the Dynamics of Technological Change. In: Fischer M.M., Nijkamp P. (eds) Handbook of Regional Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg,
- Crescenzi R. and De Filippis F. “Cohesion policy and rural development” in Piattoni S. and Polverari L. (editors) Handbook of Cohesion Policy in the EU, Edward Elgar, 2016
- Crescenzi R. and Giua M. “Different approaches to the analysis of the EU Cohesion Policy: leveraging complementarities for evidence-based policy learning” in Berkowitz P., Bachtler J., Muravska T. and Hardy S. (Eds) EU Cohesion Policy Reassessing Performance and Direction, Routledge, Regions and Cities book series, 2016 - [E-book Full Open Access!]
- Crescenzi R. “Changes in Economic Geography Theory and the Dynamics of Technical Change”, in Fisher M.M. and Nijkamp P. (Editors) Handbook of Regional Science, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer, 2014, 649-666 [Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-23430-9_35]
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Regional knowledge creation in China, India and the US. Lessons for European regions” in Capello R. and Lenzi C. (Editors) “Territorial Patterns of Innovation an Inquiry on the Knowledge Economy in European Regions”, Routledge, Abingdon & New York, 2013, 263-298.
- Crescenzi R., Gagliardi L. & Percoco M. “The ‘bright’ side of Social Capital: How ’bridging’ makes Italian provinces more innovative” in Crescenzi R. & Percoco M. (Editors) “Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance”, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer, 2013,143-164 [DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33395-8_8]
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “An ‘integrated’ framework for the comparative analysis of the territorial innovation dynamics of developed and emerging countries” in McCann and Oxley L. (Editors) “Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth”, Malden (MA), Oxford and Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 159-176.
- Crescenzi R. & Rodríguez-Pose A. “Systems of innovation and regional growth in the EU: endogenous vs. external innovative efforts and socioeconomic conditions” in Fratesi U. and Senn L. (eds) “Growth and innovation of competitive regions”, Springer-Verlag, 167-192, 2009.
Book reviews
- “Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems. Evidence from Europe” by F. Malerba, Editor (Routledge, 2010), Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 12(2), pages 569-572, 2012
- “Lo sviluppo economico. I fattori immateriali, nuove frontiere della ricerca.” By Achille Flora (Franco Angeli, 2008), QA/ Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi Doria, N.2 2009
- “Cambiamenti strutturali e convergenza economica nelle regioni dell’Unione Europea” by Cristina Brasili (ed.) (Clueb 2005), QA/ Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi Doria, N.3 2007
- “The Political Economy of European Integration” by Eric Jones and Amy Verdun (Routledge 2005), QA/Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi Doria, N.3 2006
- “The European Union: Economy, Society and Polity” by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (OUP 2002), QA/La Questione Agraria, N.4 2004
Selected Working Papers
- Crescenzi R. and Gagliardi L., 2015 "Moving People with Ideas - Innovation, Inter-regional Mobility and Firm Heterogeneity“, Working Papers of the Taubman Centre, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, #1-2015
- Crescenzi, R. & Giua, M. "The EU Cohesion policy in context: regional growth and the influence of agricultural and rural development policies" LEQS Paper No. 85, December 2014
- Crescenzi R. "The evolving dialogue between Innovation and Economic Geography. From physical distance to non-spatial proximities and 'integrated' frameworks" Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 1408, Utrecht University, Section of Economic Geography, 2014
- Investment Promotion