@article {4159,
	title = {The Capacity of JESSICA Projects to Repay Loans Based on Own Revenues. },
	journal = {Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2019},
	month = {06/2019},
	pages = {141-157},
	abstract = {
Abstract

Objective: Objectives of the article are the following: to identify 1) similarity/ dissimilarity in Polish regions with regard to the implementation of JESSICA projects in terms of the size of JESSICA loans/ projects and the legal form of beneficiaries, 2) what factors have the biggest impact on the project capacities to generate revenues.

Research Design \& Methods: The authors used the logistic regression to build a model showing the association of the variables analysed on the dependent variable. In addition, to point out a relative importance from all possible orderings of explanatory variables and to show the most important one(s), ANOVA method was applied.

Findings: Not all the projects co-financed under the JESSICA initiative bring revenues from their main operations. The legal form of a beneficiary plays an important role. Both projects implemented by companies and projects of a relatively high value increase the probability of generating revenues. Location of the project (capital city/ non-capital city of the region) is not significant with regard to capacities to generate revenues.

Implications \& Recommendations: JESSICA projects characterised with a high value and implemented by entities having the company status involve private capital and consequently generate capital backflows. They contribute to leverage effects and thereby raise the role of JESSICA as a powerful instrument aimed at rendering existing market failures. It seems that the results of the study might help to design the use of JESSICA resources in the current and the future EU financial perspective.

Contribution \& Value Added: The article sheds more light on a still under-researched area of the use of financial instruments in the EU Cohesion Policy. The analysis provides pioneering results and points out the vital issues for future research.
},
	keywords = {JESSICA; Poland; regeneration; revenue-generating projects; Cohesion Policy},
	issn = { 2353-8821 },
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2019.070208},
	url = {https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/513},
	author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak}
}
@inbook {4037,
	title = {Civic Engagement in Local Politics in Central Europe},
	booktitle = {The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {344-360},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	organization = {Routledge},
	edition = {Richard Kerley, Joyce Liddle, Pamela T. Dunning},
	chapter = {23},
	address = {London},
	abstract = {Civic engagement and civil society participation in political decision-making is important for efficient and sustainable public policies. However, this behaviour is difficult to achieve and maintain in countries such as post-socialist societies that have passive social attitudes and low levels of general trust. This chapter describes the development and current character of local political systems, decentralisation and civic engagement in four countries in Central Europe: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. It concentrates on civil society, direct and indirect forms of political participation, the development of civil-society organisation advocacy and citizen opinions about their likelihood of influencing policy. It highlights the low general trust and social capital, passive attitudes, and low voter turnout in these countries compared to other countries in Europe. These features are a legacy of the communist past and are attributable to the negative socioeconomic consequences of the transition process and disillusionment about democratic development. As a result, the development of civil participation in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has been slower than in other parts of Europe.},
	isbn = {9781315306261},
	issn = {9781138234727},
	doi = {10.4324/9781315306278},
	url = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315306278/chapters/10.4324/9781315306278-23},
	author = {Potluka, Oto and Kalman, Judit and Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak}
}
@article {2509,
	title = {Cross-national policy transfer and learning in regional and urban policy. Regions Magazine, vol. 296, 2014},
	year = {2014},
	keywords = {cross-national, development, EU, policy learning, policy transfer, regional policy, urban policy, world},
	isbn = {1367-3382},
	url = {https://www.academia.edu/9593376/Cross-national_policy_transfer_and_learning_in_regional_and_urban_policy},
	author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Marcin Dabrowski and Laura Polverari}
}
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