RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 EU cohesion policy performance: regional variation in the effectiveness of the management of the structural funds T2 La política de cohesión de la UE: variabilidad regional en la efectividad en la gestión de los fondos estructurales A1 Moreno, Rosina K1 Funds allocation K1 Absorption rate K1 NUTS 2 regions K1 Funds effectiveness K1 OP 2007-2013 K1 Asignación de fondos K1 Tasa de absorción K1 Regiones NUTS 2 K1 Efectividad de los fondos K1 Economía K1 Economics K1 Geografía K1 Geography K1 Sociología K1 Sociology AB The effectiveness in the absorption of funds is a permanent challenge for EU member states, and therefore, the analysis of the absorption capacity is needed. The present paper deals with the dimension of the absorption of EU resources and focus on an aspect that has been widely forgotten so far in previous literature: the regional variation in the absorption of the structural funds. Bases on EU regional aggregate data on funds allocation and payments provided by the European Commission for the Operating Program 2007-2013 at the NUTS2 level, we observe tha full absorption was more the exception than the rule. In addition, the high regional heterogeneity detected in the absorption of the Structural Funds is not only abserved across countries bus also within the regions in a country, contradicting some explanations that were given in the past about the effect of the administrative structures on the absorption capacity. Finally, we offer a discussion on how lack of timely available regional data on EU fund payments hinders the analysis of the effectiveness of the regional absorption of the funds. PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR) SN 2340-2717 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42087 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/42087 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 29-mar-2024