The impact of the 2014–2020 European Structural Funds on territorial cohesion
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Author(s)
Crucitti, Francesca
Lazarou, Nicholas-Joseph
Monfort, Philippe
Salotti, Simone
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We assess the macroeconomic impact of the European Union Cohesion Policy investments deployed during the 2014–20 programming period, with a particular focus on territorial cohesion and regional disparities. We use a spatial dynamic general equilibrium (RHOMOLO) to quantify the direct and indirect effects of the policy investments in the NUTS-2 regions of the European Union within a 20-year time frame. The results suggest that the impact of the policy is sizeable, especially in the less developed regions of the European Union. Accordingly, socio-economic disparities at the regional level are shown to decrease thanks to the policy intervention.
Date Issued
2024-08-01
Date Acceptance
2023-09-01
Citation
Regional Studies, 2024, 58 (8), pp.1568-1582
ISSN
0034-3404
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Start Page
1568
End Page
1582
Journal / Book Title
Regional Studies
Volume
58
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2023 European Union. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the
Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the
Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2243989
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-09-04