Putting agents in agency: The role of patriotic capital in local and regional development

Atle Hauge, Trond Nilsen, Giuseppe Calignano, Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, University of Inland Norway, Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, University of Bologna

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Published online on April 15, 2026

Abstract

Local Economy, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 334-342, June 2026.
Recent regional development research increasingly emphasises agency, yet the role of investors as active agents of territorial transformation remains underexplored. This paper introduces and develops the concept of patriotic capital, defined as the ...