We run a standard income convergence analysis for the last decade and confirm an already established finding in the growth economics literature. EU countries are converging. Regions in Europe are also converging. But, within countries, regional disparities are on the rise. At the same time,...

Indhira Santos analyses the impact of the European Union‘s cohesion policy both in terms of economic efficiency and redistribution to needy areas of the EU. She illustrates with data the confusion created by the multiple objectives of current EU cohesion policy and by the political...

The EU is in the process of negotiating its 2014-20 financial framework. Failure to reach an agreement would imply a delay in the preparation of the strategic plans each member state puts together to explain how it will use Structural and Cohesion Funds. Even if solutions are found - for example...

This paper analyses the growth e®ects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions over the time period 1995-2005. We extend the current literature with regard to at least three aspects: First of all, we extend the time period of investigation, using...

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European regions mainly relies on functional form assumptions. However, it is ex ante not clear which functional form is appropriate with regard to the relationship between structural funds...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Konsequenzen ein anderes Timing der Entscheidung über die Ziel-1-Fördergebiete im Rahmen der Kohäsions- und Strukturpolitik der Europäischen Union für die sächsischen Regierungsbezirke gehabt hätte. Dabei wird aufgezeigt,...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Konsequenzen ein anderes Timing der Entscheidung über die Ziel-1-Fördergebiete im Rahmen der Kohäsions- und Strukturpolitik der Europäischen Union für die sächsischen Regierungsbezirke gehabt hätte. Dabei wird aufgezeigt,...