The purpose of this report is to study, from both the theoretical and the empirical point of view, the extent to which regional policy can reduce the disparities in economic activity levels that arise between regions belonging to an integrated trade area as the European Union.

Mit diesem Leitfaden sollen die Mitgliedstaaten der EU darüber informiert werden, welche EU-Beihilfevorschriften bei der Finanzierung, Umstrukturierung und/oder Privatisierung staatseigener Unternehmen zu beachten sind. Zudem wird ausführlich erläutert, wie die Kommission die wichtigsten...

European state aid control, a part of competition policy, typically follows the logic of negative integration. It significantly constrains the potential for Member States to distort competition by reducing their ability to subsidize industry. In addition, this paper argues, ambiguous Treaty...