An evaluation of EU regional policy. Do structural actions crowd out public spending? |
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Authors: | Juan González Alegre |
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Institution: | 1. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain 2. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Abstract: | Motivated by the lack of success of previous studies trying to estimate the impact of the European Cohesion Policy, this paper brings an unexplored issue to light: transfers that are intended to finance public investment in key areas for growth might be crowded-out by subsidized governments to alternative uses. In fact, using annual data from fifteen member countries (1993–2005), we conclude that public investment in the member countries makes up around 60% of the increase in EU funds. The limited role of the European Commission in the allocation of the Funds could partially explain this result. |
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