 Spillover Effects of Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy in Poland: Spatial Panel Data Analysis for 2007–2020Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, 2026, issue 1, 39-62 Abstract: Poland joined the European Union in 2004 and, in 2007, became the member state that benefited the most from the bloc’s Cohesion Policy, surpassing Spain. Over two financial perspectives, the EU allocated almost EUR 145 billion to Poland between 2007 and 2020. As a country with a significant share of agriculture in its economy, Poland also received substantial support from the Common Agricultural Policy, totalling EUR 50 billion over 14 years. The objective of this study is to assess the spillover effects of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion Policy on neighbouring NUTS 3 subregions in Poland from 2007 to 2020. Spatial panel methods were applied to evaluate the spillover effects of European funding. The findings suggest the existence of positive local spillover effects of the two policies, but they do not prove the existence of global spillover effects. Additionally, the empirical analysis indicates a positive relationship between European financial support and subregional growth. Keywords: Poland; regional disparities; spillover effects; Cohesion Policy; Common Agricultural Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sgh:gosnar:y:2026:i:1:p:39-62 Access Statistics for this article Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics is currently edited by Marek Gruszczyński, Grzegorz Konat More articles in Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics from Warsaw School of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.