This study will focus on the programming period 2000-2006, analysing financial management and control issues in relation with the ESF measures implemented in the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom representing some 20% of total ESF resources. To date, there is limited evidence of the...

This paper analyses the link between finance and growth by studying the effect that the process of financial deregulation and harmonisation of banking laws at the EU level has brought about on growth over the last 40 years. Our main findings point to the existence of a positive long-run growth...