Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8041-0856 and Novak, Katja
(2013)
Learning processes and economic returns in European cohesion policy.
Investigaciones Regionales, 25.
pp. 7-26.
ISSN 1695-7253
Abstract
This paper evaluates whether the learning mechanisms of the European Cohesion policy have contributed to improve the economic impact of Structural Fund expenditure over time. It analyses whether the evolution of the policy in response to greater internal monitoring and external scrutiny has resulted in a more efficient and better targeted Cohesion policy. This is tested using an econometric model which evaluates the effect of Structural Fund expenditure on the growth of regional GDP per capita -conditional on factor endowments, institutional quality and initial conditions- during the last programming periods for which full sets of data are available (1994-1999 and 2000-2006). The results of the analysis unveil an increase in the effectiveness of the policy in successive periods. This positive association is robust to controlling for the level of development of the country and the relative economic position of a region within a country. The results also show that, when structural factors are taken into consideration, Structural Fund investment tends to yield higher returns in better-off countries and wealthier regions within countries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.investigacionesregionales.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Investigaciones Regionales |
| Divisions: | European Institute Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2013 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:23 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50696 |
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