Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 648-668

  Becker, Sascha O ^a,b,c   Egger, Peter H ^b,c,d   Von Ehrlich, Maximilian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Ifo ^*  (Austria)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EU regional policy; Generalized propensity score estimation; Quasi randomized experiment; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL POLICY;

EID: 84859932603     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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