Bachtrögler, Julia; Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla; … - In: econPol Forum : a bi-monthly journal on European … 25 (2024) 1, pp. 33-36
We present a novel approach to assess the effect of EU cohesion policy on economic activity. Project-level data on EU … funding is combined with nighttime light emissions data. Higher EU funding is associated with increased economic activity at …. Improved access to data on EU-funded projects would enhance transparency of EU regional funding. …