Regional Size, Wealth and EU Regional Policy

José M. Pavía () and Beatriz Larraz ()
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José M. Pavía: Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universitat de Valencia
Beatriz Larraz: Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2012, issue 23, 127-141

Abstract: Convergence objective seeks to promote growth within European Union (EU) for least-developed regions. The list of regions and areas eligible for Convergence are chosen from the NUTS-2 European regional classification. However, as it is well-known, spatial (and temporal) measures are scale dependent. The aim of this article is to show how sensitive Convergence selection criterion is to the level of geographic aggregation used, assessing the impact that the use of a different NUTS breakdown would have had on the distribution of the regional budget among countries.

Keywords: NUTS classifications; MAUP; regional policy; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 R12 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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