This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions …

The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective … by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about … the channels through which this policy field works. Using a dataset of 27 EU countries for the time period 1982-2006, we …

. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the EU and to support convergence between the levels of development of … and provide some remarks for future research. -- Economic integration ; regional growth ; EU Cohesion Policy ; panel data …

The EU's revenue system is still typical for an organisation based on international cooperation and stands in contrast … to the Union's far advanced legislative and political role. This contrast feeds the debate on granting the EU an … autonomous tax source. Our contribution explores the factors which shape the acceptance of the EU tax option among European …

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European … assumptions, this paper applies the method of generalized propensity score (GPS) to a sample of 122 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 EU-15 …