B<sc>ouayad</sc>-A<sc>gha</sc> S., T<sc>urpin</sc> N. and V<sc>édrine</sc> L. Fostering the development of European regions: a spatial dynamic panel data analysis of the impact of cohesion policy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper uses a conditional--convergence econometric model to investigate whether cohesion policy affects European...

Depuis plusieurs décennies, l’Europe cherche à réduire les disparités de développement de ses régions. Cette politique, dite de cohésion, mobilise une part croissante du budget européen. Elle repose sur un co-financement des Etats Membres des projets qu’elle soutient au niveau...

Abstract While estimation methods for dynamic panel data and spatial econometric models are standard in economic literature, there has been a relatively recent development in methods which include spatial considerations in dynamic panel data models. This paper proposes two estimation strategies...

In this paper, we use a conditional-convergence econometric model to investigate whether the Cohesion Policy and the structural funds this policy mobilises, affect the European economies in such a way that the poorer regions catch up with the rich ones. In this model, regional convergence...