This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions …

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European … assumptions, this paper applies the method of generalized propensity score (GPS) to a sample of 122 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 EU-15 …

Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): border tax adjustments (BTA) and the Clean … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …

The impact of EU Cohesion Policy has mainly been evaluated with regard to its growth effects. We extend the perspective … by investigating the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on public investments and budget deficits in order to learn more about … the channels through which this policy field works. Using a dataset of 27 EU countries for the time period 1982-2006, we …

. Its main purpose is to promote the development of the EU and to support convergence between the levels of development of … and provide some remarks for future research. -- Economic integration ; regional growth ; EU Cohesion Policy ; panel data …

Given the coexistent EU priorities concerning the competitiveness of European industries and international emissions … regulation at the company level, this paper assesses the efficiency and competitiveness implications of linking the EU Emissions … equilibrium approach shows that the aggregate welfare impacts of linking the EU ETS are rather limited. We further find that the …

This paper presents a political-economy analysis of allowance allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A … emissions regulation. An empirical analysis of the first trading phase of the EU ETS corroborates our theoretical prediction for … lobbying power stand-alone or threats of potential worker layoffs did not exert a significant influence on the EU ETS …

This paper assesses the economic impacts of linking the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) to emerging schemes beyond …