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EU Cohesion Policy Performance: Regional Variation in the Effectiveness of the management of the Structural Funds

Rosina Moreno EU Cohesion Policy Performance: Regional Variation in the Effectiveness of the management of the Structural Funds Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 46, 2020/1 Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, España Available on the website: https://investigacionesregionales.org/numeros-y-articulos/consulta-de-articulos Additional information: To cite this article: Moreno, R. (2020). EU Cohesion Policy Performance: Regional Variation in the Effectiveness of the management of the Structural Funds. Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2020/1 (46), 27-50.

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1. Introduction: Aims and scope

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2. Measures of CP implementation effectiveness: Literature

review

2.1. Scale of allocations and payments

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2.2. Absorption capacity

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3. Data and Method

3.1. Data: Availability and limitations

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3.2. Method

SF payments and allocations

Absorption rates

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4. Regional variation in the CP effectiveness

4.1. Regional variation in allocations and expenditures

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(90.48,156.19](51.72,90.48][2.30,51.72]

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4.2. Regional variation in absorption rates

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4.2.1. Absorption rates computed with expenditures updated until 2014

(0.84,1.06](0.79,0.84](0.75,0.79]

(0.68,0.75](0.62,0.68][0.32,0.62]

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4.2.2. Absorption rates computed with expenditures updated until 2016

(0.95,5.94](0.89,0.95](0.83,0.89]

(0.75,0.83](0.64,0.75][0.13,0.64]

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5. Discussion on data availability to proxy for the effectiveness

in the implementation of the CP

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6. Conclusion

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Acknowledgement

References

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Annex. Geographical distribution of expenditures of the OP 2007-

2013 (update 2014)

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