Massimo Florio is Professor of Public Economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano. Awarded by the European Commission a Jean Monnet Chair “Ad Personam” of EU Industrial Policy, he has been the scientific coordinator of a Jean Monnet network of six universities. His main research interests are in applied welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, industrial and regional policies, infrastructure and growth, privatization, public enterprise and socio-economic impact of research infrastructures.

January 1, 2024 | Publications, Articles | By MG

Quasi-experiments to estimate the economic impact of research infrastructures

Massimo Florio, Paolo Castelnovo, CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation

“The paper discusses the application of the quasi-experiment research design to the empirical evaluation of large-scale research infrastructures’ socio-economic benefits. Specifically, after introducing the quasi-experimental methodology, it provides an illustrative example in which a quasi-experiment approach is used to assess the technological procurement spillovers of the Italian Space Agency.”

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Massimo Florio

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Quasi-experiments to estimate the economic impact of research infrastructures

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