There is a consensus that the European Union should modernise its budget, tackling the
new challenges and breaking away from bureaucratic inertia and the juste retour logic that …

This paper analyses the economic growth effects of EU structural funds extending the
current literature by at least three aspects: Firstly, we make use of a new structural funds …

The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states from
two pools, the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. The main goal of the associated …

Given the increasing share of the EU budget devoted to Regional Policy, several studies
have tried to identify the impact of structural funds on economic growth. However, so far no …

In the context of the debate on the future of Europe, this book makes the case for a new
approach to structural transformation, growth and cohesion in the EU. It explores both the …

ABSTRACT The impact of European Cohesion Policy in urban and rural regions. Regional
Studies. This paper presents an evaluation exercise on the impact of European Cohesion …

The paper examines the nature, rationale, and logic of the reforms to EU Cohesion Policy. A
particular focus of the paper is on the concept of smart specialization and the use of this …

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of European Cohesion Policy in the regions of 12 EU
countries in the period 1991–2008, on the basis of a spatial growth model, which allows for …

Traditionally, the effectiveness of European Cohesion Policy has been evaluated in terms of
GDP growth rate. In this paper, we consider the effect of the regional policy in terms of its …

This article examines financial support (especially EU Structural Funds as the main tool of
cohesion policy) for investments as a lever for the development of SME innovativeness in …