[HTML][HTML] Cohesion policy and domestic fiscal expenditure in Italian regions: A sectoral ex-post assessment of the additionality principle

F Mazzola, D Gambina - Papers in Regional Science, 2025 - Elsevier
The additionality principle of the European cohesion policy was verified ex-ante by the
European Commission and was eliminated starting from the 2021–27 programming period …

Evidence-based policy or beauty contest? An LLM-based meta-analysis of EU cohesion policy evaluations

Z Asatryan, C Birkholz, F Heinemann - International Tax and Public …, 2024 - Springer
Independent and high-quality evaluations of government policies are an important input for
designing evidence-based policy. Institutional frictions and lack of incentives to write such …

[PDF][PDF] The EU budget and the national capacity to investment

B Manescu - 2024 - clingendael.org
The EU budget is a sensitive topic as is the discussion on national capacities for spending it.
Our starting point is that efficient and effective spending is crucial for the legitimacy of the EU …