Cultural and Creative Cities and Regional Economic Efficiency: Context Conditions as Catalyzers of Cultural Vibrancy and Creative Economy

Following the hype that has been given to culture and creativity as triggers enhancers of local economic performance in last 20 years, this work originally contributes literature with objective assessing impact cultural creative cities (CCCs) on output their regions. In sense, character is considered a strategic strength opportunity can spillover, favoring system entire regions which are located. Through an innovative methodology exploits regional production function estimated by panel fixed effects model, effect cities’ vibrancy economy econometrically explored. The data source Cultural Creative Cities Monitor (CCCM) provided JRC, also allows investigation possible role played enabling environment catalyzing action economy. results thoroughly examined: especially through vibrancy, CCCs strategically support region. This particularly case when context conditions—such human capital education, openness, tolerance trust, quality governance—catalyze effect. Overall, contribute feeding long-term self-supporting system, interpreted according holistic conception includes economic, social, cultural, environmental domains.