The European Union (EU) stands out internationally as one of the regions of the world that has most explicitly and … be, is a matter of open debate. The current enlargement of the EU include to less affluent new members gives rise to a …? Will the accession process cause the income of the poorer regions to converge toward EU standards, or will prevailing …

EU regional policy as a substitute for explicit side payments and asks - from a normative and a positive point of view …Although decision processes at the EU level are highly complex and often require unanimity, explicit side payments … a union-wide task. It argues that the EU system of own resources creates positive vertical fiscal externalities. Hence …

This paper analyses the effects of EU regional policy transfer payments on net migration flows among the EU-28 … migration-regional policy-nexus is tested. Like in Egger et al. (2014) a significant effect of EU regional policy expenditures … of GDP leads to an increase in the measure of net bilateral migration by about 0.2-0.6%. Hence, EU regional policy …

This paper analyses the effects of EU regional policy transfer payments on net migration flows among the EU-28 … migration-regional policy-nexus is tested. Like in Egger et al. (2014) a significant effect of EU regional policy expenditures … of GDP leads to an increase in the measure of net bilateral migration by about 0.2-0.6%. Hence, EU regional policy …

application for European spatial development, which is influenced by a number of factors. Of these, European integration, new …