Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016
The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy … identification strategy linked to modern growth theory, we find that the disbursement of EU structural funds is negatively correlated …. In any case, EU structural funding does not seem to contribute effectively to foster income convergence across regions. …