This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio … empirical analysis covering the whole EU-25. An in-depth comparative analysis with the United States is also included, providing … evidence produced in the book is extensively applied to the analysis of EU development policies. …

, focusing on the returns of EU structural and cohesion funds. Despite the widespread belief that the quality of government … analysis finds that both EU investments targeting regions and quality of government make a difference for regional economic …