The Reform of the Eu's Cohesion Policy

Elcano Royal Institute ARI No. 100/2004

9 Pages Posted: 9 Jan 2005

See all articles by Jose A. Herce

Jose A. Herce

Grupo AFI

Simon Sosvilla-Rivero

UCM Institute for Economic Analysis

Date Written: June 2004

Abstract

An enlarged EU requires a reformulation of the basic structure that has so far characterized the EU's institutions, finances and common policies. This analysis focuses on the proposal that the EU Commission was made to reform the cohesion policy. There are significant economic implications for Spain and the economic agents must properly understand the key issues and terms of the Commission's proposal and also of the process that enlargement has set in motion in terms of community cohesion - a process that occurs simultaneously as average income increases in Spain as a whole and in each of the country's regions in relation to the average income in the Union, both before and after enlargement.

Keywords: EU regional policy, EU cohesion, Spain

JEL Classification: E62, E42, H60, R50

Suggested Citation

Herce, Jose A. and Sosvilla-Rivero, Simon, The Reform of the Eu's Cohesion Policy (June 2004). Elcano Royal Institute ARI No. 100/2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=644723 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.644723

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UCM Institute for Economic Analysis ( email )

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