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

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-46

  Cansino, José M ^a   Lopez Melendo, Jaime ^b   Pablo Romero, María del P ^a   Sánchez Braza, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Finance Council Regional Government of Andalusia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Internationalization programs; Propensity score matching; Public policies evaluation; Statistical causal inference

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; H 43; H 59; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALIZATION PROGRAMS; O 24; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE-MATCHING; PUBLIC POLICIES EVALUATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL CAUSAL INFERENCE; STATISTICS;

H 43; H 59; INTERNATIONALIZATION PROGRAMS; O 24; PROPENSITY SCORE-MATCHING; PUBLIC POLICIES EVALUATION; STATISTICAL CAUSAL INFERENCE;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL BUSINESS; SPAIN;

EID: 84881277445     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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