TY - BOOK AU - BANNO, Mariasole AU - MORANDI, Valentina AU - VARUM, Celeste Amorim TI - Public policy for innovation and internationalization: are they worth it? PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Taylor & Francis KW - regional economic performance KW - public policies KW - innovation N2 - This study contributes to the debate about the role of industrial policies for innovation and internationalization on local economic performance. A panel data analysis on Italian regions examines the interrelationships between public grants, level of innovation and internationalization and economic performance. The main findings are that (1) the impact of pro-innovation policies on economic performance is higher in internationalized regions and (2) the level of local R&D expenditures does not contribute to the effectiveness of subsidies for internationalization UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.765535 ER -