An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain

This paper evaluates the Diagnostic Program in Spain which is a publicly funded program to promote internationalization of companies located in Andalusia (south of Spain). The methodology used is the propensity score-matching. The treatment group consists of companies which participated in the Progr...

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Autores: Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel, López-Melendo, Jaime Aurelio, Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo, Sánchez Braza, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/151767
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/151767
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.07.002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Public policies evaluation
Internationalization programs
Statistical causal inference
Propensity score-matching
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spelling An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in SpainCansino Muñoz-Repiso, José ManuelLópez-Melendo, Jaime AurelioPablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del PopuloSánchez Braza, AntonioPublic policies evaluationInternationalization programsStatistical causal inferencePropensity score-matchingThis paper evaluates the Diagnostic Program in Spain which is a publicly funded program to promote internationalization of companies located in Andalusia (south of Spain). The methodology used is the propensity score-matching. The treatment group consists of companies which participated in the Program until 2008. The control group has companies which planned to participate in the Program but had not done so up to that date. The response variable measures the ratio of export to total sales for each company. Four covariates have been taken into account: activity, location, sales and number of employees. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the companies that participated in the Program improved their ratio of exports to total sales by about 10 percentage pointsPergamon-Elsevier ScienceAnálisis Económico y Economía Política2013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/151767https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.07.002reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésEvaluation and Program Planning, 41 (December), 38-46.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.07.002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1517672026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
title An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
spellingShingle An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel
Public policies evaluation
Internationalization programs
Statistical causal inference
Propensity score-matching
title_short An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
title_full An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
title_fullStr An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
title_full_unstemmed An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
title_sort An economic evaluation of public programs for internationalization: the case of the Diagnostic program in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel
López-Melendo, Jaime Aurelio
Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
Sánchez Braza, Antonio
author Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel
author_facet Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel
López-Melendo, Jaime Aurelio
Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
Sánchez Braza, Antonio
author_role author
author2 López-Melendo, Jaime Aurelio
Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo
Sánchez Braza, Antonio
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Análisis Económico y Economía Política
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Public policies evaluation
Internationalization programs
Statistical causal inference
Propensity score-matching
topic Public policies evaluation
Internationalization programs
Statistical causal inference
Propensity score-matching
description This paper evaluates the Diagnostic Program in Spain which is a publicly funded program to promote internationalization of companies located in Andalusia (south of Spain). The methodology used is the propensity score-matching. The treatment group consists of companies which participated in the Program until 2008. The control group has companies which planned to participate in the Program but had not done so up to that date. The response variable measures the ratio of export to total sales for each company. Four covariates have been taken into account: activity, location, sales and number of employees. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the companies that participated in the Program improved their ratio of exports to total sales by about 10 percentage points
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