Bayerlein, Michael; Diermeier, Matthias - 2022 - This version: April 27, 2022
In the past, the European Union seems to have been able to tame Euroscepticism through regional 'convergence' funding … member states become the main recipients of EU funding, Eastern Europe has also changed from once being the most integration …-friendly region to displaying the most integration-hostile attitudes in the EU. Motivated by this empirical puzzle, we revisit the …