%0 Journal Article
%A López Villuendas, Ana María
%A Del Campo Campos, Cristina
%T The impact of European regional cohesion policy on NUTS 3 disparities
%D 2024
%@ 0570-1864
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/134061
%X The impact of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy is still controversial. Now more than ever, there is a particular demand for the Regional Cohesion Policy to be impactful and effective. In this context, the paper aims to determine the effect of the regional Cohesion Policy on the NUTS 3 economic disparities. Although the regions eligible to receive Structural Funds, the main financial instrument of the Regional Cohesion Policy, are defined at NUTS 2 level, some local effects thatremain hidden at this level and affect disparities might be revealed by performing the analysis at a finer level of disaggregation, the NUTS 3 level. Our results show that the impact of Structural Funds on regional disparities is not as expected, as eligible regions experience a larger increase in disparities than non-eligible ones.
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