This article investigates the impact of structural funds expenditure on EU regions by estimating a conditional convergence econometric model. According to this model, regional convergence is affected by both the policy treatment and the regional economic structure proxied by the agriculture...

Esposti R. and Bussoletti S. Impact of Objective 1 funds on regional growth convergence in the European Union: a panel-data approach, Regional Studies 41, 1-15. This paper investigates the impact of Objective 1 structural funds expenditure on European Union regions by estimating an augmented...