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Equalising or Polarising: The Centre–Periphery Model and the Absorption of EU Funds under Regional Operational Programmes in Poland

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  • Wojciech Kisiała

    (Department of Spatial and Environmental Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland)

  • Artur Bajerski

    (Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)

  • Bartosz Stępiński

    (Public Profits Ltd. Research and Evaluation Agency, Poznań, Poland)

Abstract

This article seeks to assess how the absorption of European the Union funds by the Polish voivodeships reflects two basic types of strategy in their allocation, i.e. the polarising and the equalising model. The analysis embraced 16 regional operational programmes (ROPs) between 2007–2013. The frame of reference adopted in the research was the centre-periphery model. Classes of peripherality were distinguished for each voivodeship, and absorption profiles of EU funds were determined for areas differing in their levels of peripherality. The goal of the article was achieved in a multistage research procedure ending in the construction of a synthetic index of the spatial orientation of support within the ROPs. The analysis demonstrated that the features of the polarising model tended to predominate in intra-regional policy. In most cases, however, the distribution of EU support represented a mixed model, with a shift towards the polarising one.

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  • Wojciech Kisiała & Artur Bajerski & Bartosz Stępiński, 2017. "Equalising or Polarising: The Centre–Periphery Model and the Absorption of EU Funds under Regional Operational Programmes in Poland," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 67(3), pages 413-434, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:67:y:2017:i:3:p:413-434
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    core-periphery concept; regional operational programmes; EU funds; intra-regional policy; Poland;
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    JEL classification:

    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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