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Evaluation of the effects of European regional policy in the diminution of regional disparities

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  • M. Carmen Guisan
  • M. Teresa Cancelo
  • M. Rosario Diaz-Vazquez

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One of the EU objectives is economic and social cohesion, which is a necessary step for the success of European integration. A key factor for cohesion is the implementation of the right regional policy in order to reduce regional disparities. This objective can be reached in two different ways. The first one is through leveling transferences from rich to poor regions. The second one would tend to locate peripheral regions in conditions of developing production activities so as to reach an economic development similar to that of the richest ones. This second way, which consist of "equalizing opportunities", is the one we prefer. In this paper, we analyze at which extent European regional policy has allowed to reach the conditions needed in order to estimulate endogenous development in the less developed regions. In this connection, we reckon that the main factors in order to reach this development are geared in estimulating both industrial investment and research and education. We analyze whether or not this elements have been adecuately addressed within European policy.

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  • M. Carmen Guisan & M. Teresa Cancelo & M. Rosario Diaz-Vazquez, 1998. "Evaluation of the effects of European regional policy in the diminution of regional disparities," ERSA conference papers ersa98p312, European Regional Science Association.
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    1. Guisan, M.Carmen & Cancelo, M.Teresa & Diaz, M.Rosario, 1997. "Regional patterns of industrial sector in EU countries 1980-1995," Economic Development 16, University of Santiago de Compostela. Faculty of Economics and Business. Econometrics..
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    2. GUISAN, Maria-Carmen & CANCELO, Maria-Teresa, 2014. "Industry, Productivity And Development In 96 European Regions, 2005-2010," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 14(1).
    3. Vermeire, Bert & Gellynck, Xavier & De Steur, Hans & Viaene, Jacques, 2008. "Networks in Rural Economy: Valorising Endogenous and Exogenous Drivers of Innovation," 110th Seminar, February 18-22, 2008, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria 49846, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. Caruso, R. & Palano, D., 2005. "Regioni e Territori nello Spazio Europeo della Ricerca," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 5(1).
    5. Elias Kourliouros & George Korres & Emmanuel Marmaras & George Tsobanoglou, 2006. "Economic Geography and Regional Growth: An Empirical Evidence From Greece," ERSA conference papers ersa06p30, European Regional Science Association.

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