Research

Papers

In peer-reviewed journals

McNeil, A., Luca, D., Lee, N. (2023), The long shadow of local decline: birthplace economic adversity and long-term individual outcomes in the UK, Journal of Urban Economics, 136: 103571, link. WP version: link.

Media coverage: The Guardian/Observer.

Luca, D., Terrero-Davila, J., Stein, J., Lee, N. (2023), Progressive cities: urban-rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world, Urban Studies, 60(12): 2329-2350, link.

Media coverage: New York Times.

Li, Q., Zhang, E., Luca, D., Fuerst, F. (2023), The travel pattern difference in dockless micro-mobility: shared e-bikes versus shared bikes, Transportation Research Part D, 130: 104179, link.

Li, Q., Fuerst, F., Luca, D. (2023), Do shared e-bikes reduce urban carbon emissions? Journal of Transport Geography, 112: 103697, link.

Luca, D., Proietti, P. (2022), Hosting to skim: organized crime and the reception of asylum seekers in Italy, Regional Studies, 56(12): 2102-2116, link.

Luca, D. (2022), National elections, subnational growth: The politics of Turkey’s provincial economic dynamics under AKP rule, Journal of Economic Geography, 22(4): 829-851, link.

Kenny, M. Luca, D. (2021), Political disenchantment and the urban-rural divide: An investigation of social and political attitudes across 30 European countries, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14(3), pp. 565-582, link. WP version: link.

Media coverage: The Independent, Deutschlandradio, RND Deutchsland.

Luca, D., Modrego, F. (2021), Stronger together? Estimating the causal effect of inter-municipal cooperation on the efficiency of small Italian municipalities, Journal of Regional Science, 61(1), pp 261-293, link.

Lee, N., Luca, D. (2019), The big-city bias in credit markets. Evidence from firm perceptions in almost 100 countries, Journal of Economic Geography, 199-224, link. WP version: link.

Luca, D., Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2019), Building consensus: Shifting strategies in the territorial targeting of Turkey’s public transport investment, Regional Studies, 53(11), 1591-1602, link.

Luca, D. (2017), Boon or bane for development? Turkey’s central state bureaucracy and the management of public investment, Environment and Planning C, 35(6), 939-957, link.

Luca, D. (2016), Votes and regional economic growth in Turkey, World Development, 78, 477-495, link.

Crescenzi, R., Luca, D., Milio, S. (2016), Resistance to the crisis in Europe: national macroeconomic conditions, regional structural factors and short-term economic performance, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9(1), 13-32, link.

Luca, D., Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2015), Distributive politics and regional development: assessing the territorial distribution of Turkey’s public investment, Journal of Development Studies, 51(11), 1518-1540, link.

Salone, C., Luca, D. (2013), Teorie regionali e regioni istituzionali. Per un’ontologia del rapporto tra spazi di governo e spazi di azione collettiva, Rivista Geografica Italiana, 120(3), pp. 209-224, link.