A European Public Investment Outlook (2020) offers a detailed analysis of public investment trends and priorities within major European economies, illuminated by 54 scholarly citations and a substantial download count exceeding 38,000. This open-access volume, free from platform hosting and event data attention, combines political science and economic themes to inform policy debates on sustainable growth and fiscal rules. Its sustained usage signals significant engagement, despite scarce external social media or open educational resource references.
A European Public Investment Outlook, published by Open Book Publishers in 2020, addresses the critical subject of public investment across key European countries. The work integrates an interdisciplinary approach, evident in its concept labels covering public investment, political science, law, and the European Union, giving it broad relevance. Although the book does not appear on traditional hosting platforms nor registers any event data or social media attention, it has achieved 54 citations according to OpenAlex, indicating steady scholarly interest that underscores its contribution to understanding the European investment landscape.
The scholarly uptake role of this work is further supported by its 54 known citations, representing substantive academic engagement. Interestingly, scite data reveals that the book’s four known citation contexts are exclusively mentions, without any explicitly supporting or contradicting claims. This pattern points to the volume serving more often as a reference or resource in broader discussions rather than as a document contested or heavily debated, which may reflect its integrative and policy-oriented nature rather than a focus on novel empirical claims. This dynamic highlights how the book supports ongoing research agendas in economics and European studies.
Despite the robust download numbers and respectable citation count, A European Public Investment Outlook has yet to generate measurable attention on social or event platforms, with zero event data recorded from diverse sources. Likewise, it is not listed on open education resource platforms nor reflected in OAPEN download metrics beyond internal totals. These gaps indicate that while the book holds value for academic and policy settings, it has not penetrated wide digital engagement channels or informal learning environments extensively. This may suggest opportunities for greater dissemination through varied scholarly communication avenues.
In sum, this open-access publication functions as a substantive resource fostering dialogue about public investment priorities amid European economic challenges. It combines multidisciplinary insights with a policy-driven outlook, evidenced by its stable citation footprint and high download volume, even in the absence of broader online or social attention metrics. This pattern marks the book as an important, if somewhat specialized, contribution chiefly utilized by researchers and policymakers focusing on European fiscal and investment frameworks.
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Abstract:
"This outlook provides a focused assessment of the state of public capital in the major European countries and identifies areas where public investment could contribute more to stable and sustainable growth. A European Public Investment Outlook brings together contributions from a range of international authors from diverse intellectual and professional backgrounds, providing a valuable resource for the policy-making community in Europe to feed their discussion on public investment. The volume both offers sector-specific advice and highlights larger areas which should be prioritized in the policy debate (from transport to social capital, R&D and the environment).
The outlook is structured into two parts: the chapters of Part I respectively explore public investment trends in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Europe as a whole, and illuminate how the legacy of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis is one of insufficient public investment. Part II investigates some areas into which resources could be channelled to reverse the recent trend and provide European economies with an adequate public capital stock.
The essays in this outlook collectively foster a broad approach to and definition of public investment, that is today more relevant than ever. Offering up a timely and clear case for the elimination of bias against investment in European fiscal rules, this outlook is a welcome contribution to the European debate, aimed both at policy makers and general readers"
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Port management and governance in a post-COVID-19 era: quo vadis? | Maritime Economics & Logistics | 10.1057/s41278-020-00162-7 scite |
| 2021 | 7. Crowding In-Out of Public Investment | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.07 scite |
| 2021 | 4. Relaunching Public Investment in Italy | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.04 scite |
| 2021 | The Great Reset | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280 scite |
| 2022 | The return of fiscal policy | ILO eBooks | 10.54394/whwg2947 scite |
| 2021 | 2. From Fiscal Consolidation to the Plan de relance | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.02 scite |
| 2023 | Is public investment in construction and in R&D, growth enhancing? A PVAR approach | Applied Economics | 10.1080/00036846.2023.2203455 scite |
| 2024 | Investing in the Structural Transformation | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0434 scite |
| 2025 | A metric analysis of the knowledge map of ecological civilization education in China | Asia Pacific Education Review | 10.1007/s12564-025-10048-z scite |
| 2021 | Europe, public debts, and safe assets: the scope for a European Debt Agency | Economia Politica | 10.1007/s40888-021-00236-6 scite |
| 2022 | Public investment multipliers by functions of government: An empirical analysis for European countries | Structural Change and Economic Dynamics | 10.1016/j.strueco.2022.01.006 scite |
| 2022 | Greening Europe | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328 scite |
| 2021 | 1. Public Investment in the Pandemic—Europe at a Glance | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.01 scite |
| 2024 | The impact of European Cohesion Policy: a spatial perspective | Journal of Economic Geography | 10.1093/jeg/lbae006 scite |
| 2024 | The short-run displacement of EU cohesion funds in Italy: Has reprogramming a positive impact on regional growth? | Journal of Policy Modeling | 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2024.09.003 scite |
| 2024 | Utilizing Investment in Fixed Assets and R&D as a Catalyst for Boosting Productivity to Stimulate Economic Growth | Economies | 10.3390/economies12100266 scite |
| 2020 | European economic, fiscal, and social policy at the crossroads | Constellations | 10.1111/1467-8675.12540 scite |
| 2022 | 8. The Public Spending Needs of Reaching the EU’s Climate Targets | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.08 scite |
| 2021 | Gdzie naprawdę są konfitury? Najważniejsze gospodarcze korzyści członkostwa Polski w Unii Europejskiej | 10.31338/uw.9788323553489 scite | |
| 2022 | 4. NRRP—Italy’s Strategic Reform and Investment Programme | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.04 scite |
| 2021 | 3. Public Investment in Germany | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.03 scite |
| 2022 | 13. Towards a Socially Just Green Transition | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.13 scite |
| 2022 | Economy: Exceptionality as a driver of structural change in the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre | Oñati Socio-legal Series | 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1338 scite |
| 2022 | 2. Public Investment and Low-carbon Transition in France | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.02 scite |
| 2021 | Why Zambia’s System of Energy Provision Did Not Prevent the Power Outages of 2015 and 2016 | 10.1007/978-3-030-71266-2_5 scite | |
| 2021 | 12. Environmental Impact Evaluation of a European High-Speed Railway Network along the “European Silk Road” | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.12 scite |
| 2021 | 9. Education, Human Capital, and Social Cohesion | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.09 scite |
| 2021 | 10. COVID-19 and the Corporate Digital Divide | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.10 scite |
| 2021 | 11. EU Investment in Energy Supply for Europe | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.11 scite |
| 2022 | 7. Europe’s Green Investment Requirements and the Role of Next Generation EU | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.07 scite |
| 2022 | 1. Challenges for Public Investment in the EU | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.01 scite |
| 2022 | 12. Green Investments | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.12 scite |
| 2023 | 0. Introduction | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0386.00 scite |
| 2022 | Squaring the Circle: How to Guarantee Fiscal Space and Debt Sustainability with a European Debt Agency | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.4011081 scite |
| 2022 | 3. Public Investment in Germany | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.03 scite |
| 2020 | 5. Trends and Patterns in Public Investment in Spain | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0222.05 scite |
| 2021 | 13. Cohesion Policy and Public Investment in the EU | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.13 scite |
| 2021 | 8. Investing in Health | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.08 scite |
| 2021 | 5. Public Investment in Poland | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.05 scite |
| 2021 | Preface | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.14 scite |
| 2021 | Introduction | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0280.15 scite |
| 2021 | Wpływ członkostwa Polski w Unii Europejskiej na długookresowe przepływy kapitałowe | 10.31338/uw.9788323553489.pp.87-109 scite | |
| 2021 | Wstęp. Skąd tytuł książki? | 10.31338/uw.9788323553489.pp.9-18 scite | |
| 2021 | Pieniądze z UE całego szczęścia nie dają… (uwagi o wpływie transferów na rozwój Polski) | 10.31338/uw.9788323553489.pp.124-135 scite | |
| 2021 | Swoboda przepływu pracowników | 10.31338/uw.9788323549551.pp.110-123 scite | |
| 2022 | Introduction | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.15 scite |
| 2022 | 5. Current Challenges in the Spanish Energy Market | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.05 scite |
| 2022 | Preface | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.14 scite |
| 2022 | 11. Assessing the Quality of Green Finance Standards | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.11 scite |
| 2022 | 9. The Investment Needs for REPowerEU | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.09 scite |
| 2022 | 6. How Big Are Green Spending Multipliers? | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.06 scite |
| 2022 | 10. Public Spending for Future Generations | Open reports series | 10.11647/obp.0328.10 scite |
| 2024 | Le grandi Opere Pubbliche: fiscal multipliers of public infrastructure in Italy (1870–1998) | Economia Politica | 10.1007/s40888-024-00353-y scite |
| 2025 | Understanding the nexus between national climate investment and public perception of pollution damage in Europe | Environment Development and Sustainability | 10.1007/s10668-025-07027-0 scite |