The European Union uses large-scale fiscal transfers to national and regional levels to foster economic and social cohesion. This paper gives an ex-ante model-based analysis of the potential macro-economic impact of these fiscal transfers between member states as planned under the Cohesion...

Against the backdrop of the economic and financial crisis that has led to a reduction in international and especially European capital flows to Central and Eastern Europe and shed new light on the EU convergence process, it may be useful to recall the development of the cohesion policy, assess...

The European Union is one of the most prosper and competitive areas of the world, both from the point of view of the economic development, and the development potential. The structural and cohesion funds are those important financial sources promoted by the European Union for the purpose of...

This present article proposes to advance the general framework of the Economical and Social Cohesion Policy promoted by the EU. It presents the main instruments and outlines used to promote this policy. Analyzing the effects produced by Structural Funds, both positive and negative, on other...

Almost twenty years ago the Maastricht Treaty introduced procedures for European Social Dialogue, as part of a larger package of measures to strengthen the social dimension of European integration. Through the Treaty provisions (articles 154-155 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union),...

Impact Evaluation of the Structural Funds is a growing area. There had been conducted several counterfactual impact evaluations of the EU funds. Such studies have not been often implemented yet in the Czech Republic. For this reason, the paper focuses on operational programmes and support areas...

The enlargement of European Union has finally brought a growth of public resources designed for regional policy, but also visible disparities between the member states. The objective of a stronger social and economic cohesion, of reduction of differences of social and economic development...

There is an increasing emphasis on evaluation of impacts of EU Cohesion Policy, using new tools, such as methods of Counterfactual Impact Evaluation. These methods have not been so-far extensively used in the evaluation of the Structural Funds interventions. Thus, it is quite new for a number of...

The economic and social cohesion both belong to one of the most important areas of interest within the EU member states. It is clear, that the economic levels of its regions significantly differ. The question is: how it will affect the shaping of the economic and social cohesion policy in the...

We investigate the distribution of European Union (EU) Structural Funds across EU regions. We draw from literature on the political economy of national intergovernmental grants and on the two-tiered bargaining process in the EU. Bargaining on the distribution of Structural Funds takes place on...