countries is mostly a characteristic of regions in old EU member states. We also find robust evidence of positive growth of …

countries is mostly a characteristic of regions in old EU member states. We also find robust evidence of positive growth of …

(NMS) and six advanced EU-15 economies. It is found that the second stage of the hypothesis, which relates relative sector … tradable goods. In the EU-15, the explanatory factor is segmentation between national markets of tradables, caused by …

The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU … average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for … structural funds transfers from the central EU budget. This rule gives rise to a regression-discontinuity design that exploits …