One of the main aims of the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) is to promote the
development of rural areas. Although there is a rich abundance of academic literature on the …

SUMMARY On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union (EU).
We analyse vote and turnout shares across 380 local authority areas in the United Kingdom …

Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating
downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include …

Spatial disparities in income levels and worklessness in the European Union are profound,
persistent and may be widening. We describe disparities across metropolitan regions and …

There has been much debate in policy and scholarly circles investigating whether the quality
of institutions, in general, and the quality of government, in particular, affect the delivery and …

We exploit changes in the area-specific eligibility criteria for a program to support jobs
through investment subsidies. European rules determine whether an area is eligible for …

Many academic papers have looked at the economic effects of the EU cohesion policy,
which still remain an open empirical issue. The focus of the most recent literature has been …

This paper analyzes the impact of the European Union's Cohesion Policy on firm growth in
the programming period 2007–13 in seven European countries. Results show that Cohesion …

Page 1 INPUTS OUTPUTS RESULTS/OUTCOMES IMPACTS EE The Regional and Urban Policy
of the European Union Cohesion, Results-Orientation and Smart Specialisation PHILIP MCCANN …

This paper analyzes the regional effects of EU Regional Policy during four programming
periods: 1989-1993, 1994-1999, 2000-2006, 2007-2013. In particular, the focus is on the …