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....

Die Studie untersucht die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Finanzpolitik in den Mitgliedsländern der EU zur Erreichung gesamtwirtschaftlicher Ziele, insbesondere der Verbesserung der Wachstums- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen. Dabei wird auch auf das Zusammenwirken der Finanzpolitik mit den...

Philipp Mohl evaluates the macroeconomic effects of EU Cohesion Policy with the help of empirical methods. His findings indicate that in particular the part of EU Cohesion Policy which is spent for the poorest regions (the so-called Objective 1 funding) has a positive and statistically...