Do EU structural funds promote regional growth? New evidence from various panel data approaches

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 353-365

  Mohl, P ^a,b   Hagen, T ^c  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Labour Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU structural funds; Regional economic growth; Spatial panel econometrics

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; GROWTH RATE; PANEL DATA; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 77955471176     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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