TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds on Eurozone Convergence, 1990–2010
AU - Maynou, Laia
AU - Saez, Marc
AU - Kyriacou, Andreas
AU - Bacaria, Jordi
PY - 2014/10/29
Y1 - 2014/10/29
N2 - Maynou L., Saez M., Kyriacou A. and Bacaria J. The impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds on Eurozone convergence, 1990–2010, Regional Studies. Ever since the launch of the European integration process, and in particular in the context of Economic and Monetary Union, the European Union has endeavoured to facilitate economic convergence across Europe by providing funds to its poorer regions and countries. The main objective of this paper is to analyse whether the Structural and Cohesion Funds have contributed towards convergence between the Eurozone countries during the past two decades, 1990–2010. The results of the spatio-temporal econometric model specified in this paper illustrate that these funds have positively contributed to the gross domestic product per inhabitant (GDPPC) growth of receiving regions, thus allowing them to reach (conditional) convergence.
AB - Maynou L., Saez M., Kyriacou A. and Bacaria J. The impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds on Eurozone convergence, 1990–2010, Regional Studies. Ever since the launch of the European integration process, and in particular in the context of Economic and Monetary Union, the European Union has endeavoured to facilitate economic convergence across Europe by providing funds to its poorer regions and countries. The main objective of this paper is to analyse whether the Structural and Cohesion Funds have contributed towards convergence between the Eurozone countries during the past two decades, 1990–2010. The results of the spatio-temporal econometric model specified in this paper illustrate that these funds have positively contributed to the gross domestic product per inhabitant (GDPPC) growth of receiving regions, thus allowing them to reach (conditional) convergence.
KW - Eurozone
KW - Structural and Cohesion Funds
KW - β-convergence
KW - σ-convergence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908331639&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00343404.2014.965137
DO - 10.1080/00343404.2014.965137
M3 - Article
SN - 0034-3404
VL - 50
SP - 2
EP - 13
JO - Regional Studies
JF - Regional Studies
IS - 7
ER -