the voters' attitudes towards the EU. Using the French presidential elections in 2017 as a case study, we do not solely …-European or eurosceptic voting behaviour. In order to measure the effectiveness of EU structural funds and Cohesion Fund … characteristics to capture the citizens' perceived exposure to the EU in an empirical voting model for the French presidential …

We present a novel approach for analyzing the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all … municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the … of a higher amount of EU funding is associated with increased economic activity at the municipal level. Our paper …