Details about Riccardo Crescenzi

Homepage:	http://personal.lse.ac.uk/crescenz
Phone:	+44 (0)20 7955 6720
Postal address:	London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom
Workplace:	Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (LSE), (more information at EDIRC) Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2026

1. Green Foreign Direct Investment is flowing far beyond renewables: a taxonomy-guided LLM analysis
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2025

2. Governance and the implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
3. Inward FDI and regional performance in Europe after the Great Recession
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Inward FDI and regional performance in Europe after the Great Recession, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2025) View citations (3) (2025)
4. When the rain comes, don’t stay at home! Regional innovation and FDI in the aftermath of the Great Recession
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   See also Journal Article When the rain comes, don’t stay at home! Regional innovation and FDI in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2025) (2025)
5. Work from Home and Firm Productivity: The Role of ICT and Size
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2024

6. The geography of acquisitions and greenfield investments: firm heterogeneity and regional institutional conditions
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
   Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2022)

2023

7. From local to global, and return: geographical Indications and FDI in Europe
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (7)
8. Outward FDI and home country employment
   Columbia FDI Perspectives, Columbia University, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

2022

9. Climbing up global value chains: leveraging FDI for economic development
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
10. Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Does foreign investment hurt job creation at home? The geography of outward FDI and employment in the USA, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2022) View citations (10) (2022)
11. Geographical Indications and local development: the strength of territorial embeddedness
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Geographical Indications and local development: the strength of territorial embeddedness, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (29) (2022)
12. How many jobs can be done at home? Not as many as you think!
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
13. Innovation catalysts: how multinationals reshape the global geography of innovation
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (28)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Innovation Catalysts: How Multinationals Reshape the Global Geography of Innovation, Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (28) (2022)
14. Inward FDI in Italy: some recent trends
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
15. Multinationals, innovation and institutional context: IPR protection and distance effects
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Multinationals, innovation, and institutional context: IPR protection and distance effects, Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan (2022) View citations (12) (2022)
16. When the rain comes, don’t stay at home! Regional innovation and trans-local investment in the aftermath of the Great Recession
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2021

17. FDI inflows in Europe: does investment promotion work?
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article FDI inflows in Europe: Does investment promotion work?, Journal of International Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (32) (2021)
18. Mind the clock: an evidence-based approach to the implementation of Next Generation EU
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
19. The impact of Chinese FDI in Africa: evidence from Ethiopia
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)

2020

20. Back to the member states? Cohesion Policy and the national challenges to the European Union
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Back to the member states? Cohesion Policy and the national challenges to the European Union, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
21. Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (14)
    Also in Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Multinational enterprises, industrial relatedness and employment in European regions, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2020) View citations (21) (2020)
22. One or many cohesion policies of the European Union? on the differential economic impacts of Cohesion Policy across Member States
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article One or many Cohesion Policies of the European Union? On the differential economic impacts of Cohesion Policy across member states, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (73) (2020)
23. The geography of innovation and development: global spread and local hotspots
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (11)

2019

24. It’s not about the money! EU funds, local opportunities, and the Brexit vote
    LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE
25. The Geography of Innovation: Local Hotspots and Global Innovation Networks
    WIPO Economic Research Working Papers, World Intellectual Property Organization - Economics and Statistics Division View citations (2)

2018

26. Cohesion Policy Incentives for Collaborative Industrial Research. The Evaluation of a Smart Specialisation Forerunner Programme
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (12)
    Also in Department of Economics University of Siena, Department of Economics, University of Siena (2017) View citations (1)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2018) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Cohesion Policy incentives for collaborative industrial research: evaluation of a Smart Specialisation forerunner programme, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (14) (2020)
27. One or Many Cohesion Policies of the European Union? On the Diverging Impacts of Cohesion Policy across Member States
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (11)
28. The innovative performance of firms in heterogeneous environments: the interplay between external knowledge and internal absorptive capacities
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (75)
    See also Journal Article The innovative performance of firms in heterogeneous environments: The interplay between external knowledge and internal absorptive capacities, Research Policy, Elsevier (2018) View citations (69) (2018)

2017

29. Academic inventors: collaboration and proximity with industry
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (46)
    Also in Working Papers, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research (2016)
    See also Journal Article Academic inventors: collaboration and proximity with industry, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer (2017) View citations (54) (2017)
30. Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (43)
    Also in LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE (2016)
    See also Journal Article Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (49) (2017)
31. Innovation in Russia: the territorial dimension
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (19)
    Also in Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2015) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Innovation in Russia: The Territorial Dimension, Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) View citations (24) (2017)
32. Internationalized at work and localistic at home: the ‘split’ Europeanization behind Brexit
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article Internationalized at work and localistic at home: The ‘split’ Europeanization behind Brexit, Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2018) View citations (14) (2018)
33. The geography of foreign investments in the EU neighbourhood
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Geography of Foreign Investments in the EU Neighbourhood, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG (2017) View citations (7) (2017)

2016

34. Do inventors talk to strangers? On proximity and collaborative knowledge creation
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (125)
    Also in SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2014) View citations (3)
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2013) View citations (1)
    Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2013) View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2013) View citations (2)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2014) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do inventors talk to strangers? On proximity and collaborative knowledge creation, Research Policy, Elsevier (2016) View citations (123) (2016)
35. EU COHESION POLICY IN CONTEXT: DOES A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH WORK IN ALL REGIONS?
    Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre', Department of Economics - University Roma Tre View citations (52)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2016) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article The EU Cohesion Policy in context: Does a bottom-up approach work in all regions?, Environment and Planning A (2016) View citations (44) (2016)
36. Economic institutions and the location strategies of European multinationals in their geographic neighborhood
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Economic Institutions and the Location Strategies of European Multinationals in their Geographic Neighborhood, Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals (2016) View citations (23) (2016)
37. European Cities and Foreign Investment Networks
    Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article European Cities and Foreign Investment Networks, Scienze Regionali, Società editrice il Mulino (2017) (2017)
38. Government quality and the economic returns of transport infrastructure investment in European regions
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (112)
    Also in Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography (2015) View citations (3)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2015) View citations (4)
    Working Papers. Collection A: Public economics, governance and decentralization, Universidade de Vigo, GEN - Governance and Economics research Network (2015) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article GOVERNMENT QUALITY AND THE ECONOMIC RETURNS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN EUROPEAN REGIONS, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2016) View citations (128) (2016)
39. Learning mobility grants and skill (mis)matching in the labour market: the case of the 'Master and Back' programme
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article Learning mobility grants and skill (mis)matching in the labour market: The case of the ‘Master and Back’ Programme, Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2016) (2016)
40. Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Regional strategic assets and the location strategies of emerging countries’ multinationals in Europe, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2016) View citations (18) (2016)
41. The geography of the economic crisis in Europe: national macroeconomic conditions, regional structural factors and short-term economic performance
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (102)
42. What drives European multinationals to the EU neighbouring countries? A mixed methods analysis of Italian investment strategies
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (5)
43. Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration, The Annals of Regional Science, Springer (2017) View citations (16) (2017)

2015

44. Econometric modelling of the regional knowledge production function in Europe
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Econometric modelling of the regional knowledge production function in Europe, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (41) (2015)
45. Economic Institutions and the Location Strategies of European Multinationals in their Geographical Neighbourhood
    LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE View citations (5)
    Also in John H Dunning Centre for International Business Discussion Papers, Henley Business School, University of Reading (2015) View citations (3)
46. Foreign multinationals and domestic innovation: intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (82)
    See also Journal Article Foreign multinationals and domestic innovation: Intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity, Research Policy, Elsevier (2015) View citations (86) (2015)
47. In tandem for cohesion?: synergies and conflicts between regional and agricultural policies of the European Union
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (22)
    Also in LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE (2011) View citations (12)
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011) View citations (8)
    Europe in Question Discussion Paper Series of the London School of Economics (LEQs), London School of Economics / European Institute (2011) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article In Tandem for Cohesion? Synergies and Conflicts between Regional and Agricultural Policies of the European Union, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (28) (2015)
48. Location Strategies of Multinationals from Emerging Countries in the EU Regions
    LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE View citations (4)
    Also in MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2015) View citations (4)
49. Moving People with Ideas - Innovation, Inter-regional Mobility and Firm Heterogeneity
    SERC Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (5)

2014

50. Augmented and Unconstrained: revisiting the Regional Knowledge Production Function
    SEEDS Working Papers, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies
51. Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational corporations in Europe
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (92)
    See also Journal Article Innovation drivers, value chains and the geography of multinational corporations in Europe, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2014) View citations (110) (2014)
52. Intra-industry effects of Foreign Multinationals in the UK: Local Innovation and Firm Heterogeneity
    Working Papers, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research
53. The EU Cohesion policy in context: regional growth and the influence of agricultural and rural development policies
    LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series, European Institute, LSE View citations (12)
54. The evolving dialogue between Innovation and Economic Geography. From physical distance to non-spatial proximities and 'integrated' frameworks
    Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography View citations (1)

2013

55. Social capital and the innovative performance of Italian provinces
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (58)
    See also Journal Article Social Capital and the Innovative Performance of Italian Provinces, Environment and Planning A (2013) View citations (57) (2013)

2012

56. An "extended" knowledge production function approach to the genesis of innovation in the European regions
    INRA UMR CESAER Working Papers, INRA UMR CESAER, Centre d'’Economie et Sociologie appliquées à l'’Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL) (2012) View citations (8)
57. An 'integrated' framework for the comparative analysis of the territorial innovation dynamics of developed and emerging countries
    Working Papers, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Ciencias Sociales View citations (18)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article AN ‘INTEGRATED’ FRAMEWORK FOR THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TERRITORIAL INNOVATION DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPED AND EMERGING COUNTRIES, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2012)