Bachtrögler-Unger, Julia and Dolls, Mathias and Krolage, Carla and Schuele, Paul and Taubenboeck, Hannes and Weigand, Matthias (2023) EU cohesion policy on the ground: Analyzing small-scale effects using satellite data. REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS, 103: 103954. ISSN 0166-0462, 1879-2308
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We present a novel approach to analyze the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the period between 2007 and 2013. Using night light emission data as a proxy for economic development, we show that receiving a higher amount of EU funding is associated with increased economic activity at the municipal level. Our paper demonstrates that remote sensing data can provide an effective way to model local economic development also in Europe, where comprehensive cross-border data are not available at such a spatially granular level.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | EUROPEAN STRUCTURAL FUNDS; NIGHTTIME LIGHTS; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; REGIONAL POLICY; IMPACT; CONVERGENCE; IMAGERY; UNION; VIEW; Regional development; EU cohesion policy; Remote Sensing |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2024 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 10:01 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/60635 |
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