How does sub-national autonomy affect the effectiveness of structural funds?

Kyklos

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  Bähr, Cornelius ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME; REGIONAL POLICY; STRUCTURAL POLICY;

EID: 38349079890     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2008.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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