Fertile soil for structural funds? A panel data analysis of the conditional effectiveness of European cohesion policy

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Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-42

  Ederveen, Sjef ^a   Groot, Henri L F ^b   Nahuis, Richard ^c  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PANEL DATA;

EID: 33646677439     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2006.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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