Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/281428 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 06/2022
Publisher: 
Forum for a New Economy, Berlin
Abstract: 
Proactive regional policies to aide local transformation processes are in the limelight these days. This paper firstly discusses the big paradigm shift in mainstream economics towards this newly gained prominence of place-based policies. Afterwards, the paper introduces the most voluminous case in Germany, the coal exit. My analysis suggests that the three involved lignite mining areas, which have received unusual amounts for structural support, must realize that they are role models. But a preliminary assessment suggests that the resources will mostly flow into rather conventional spending categories. There is little evidence for moonshot projects or innovative novel paths that only those regions could try out – given the unique circumstances they are in. This misses the chance to experiment how proactive regional policies could exploit their full potential.
Subjects: 
proactive regional policy
automobile industry
coal- /lignite-exit
innovative policies
JEL: 
L5
L52
L62
L71
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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