Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; von Ehrlich, Maximilian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states from two pools, the Structural Funds … per-capita income) to the EU average. We use data at the NUTS3 level from the last two EU budgetary periods (1994-99 and … find that, overall, EU transfers enable faster growth in the recipient regions as intended, but we estimate that in 36% of …