Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU

Autor: Andrea Pronti, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Matteo Mazzarano, Marco Quatrosi
Přispěvatelé: Università degli Studi di Ferrara (UniFE)
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Insights into Regional Development
Insights into Regional Development, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, 2020, 2 (4), pp.725-749. ⟨10.9770/ird.2020.2.4(1)⟩
ISSN: 2669-0195
DOI: 10.9770/ird.2020.2.4(1)
Popis: International audience; The European Union faced several crises in the last twenty years that destabilized its macroeconomic equilibrium and development capacity. Standard economic methodologies were capable of neither predicting nor completely solving these crises through appropriate investments. To understand the overall development performance, the well-known Human Development Index (HDI) is the most widely deployed conceptual framework. In this article, we look at the components of welfare dynamics in the EU by examining socioeconomic performance. Through a 'beyond gross domestic product (GDP)' * The research is conceptually related to the activities of the European Topic Centre on Waste, materials and the Green Economy (ETC WMGE, European Environment Agency). It is also within the research activities of the 2018-2022 UNIFE project on Circular economy, Innovations and SMEs funded by MIUR Italian ministry under the 'Departments of excellence' programme, and the activities of the related CERCIS research centre on Circular Economy, Innovation and SMEs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE