Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)

European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) engender European Union (EU) support in generating economic growth, but their effect is conditional on individual European identity and educational background. This study investigates whether the positive impact of ESIF spending on EU attitudes also de...

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Autores: Cantó, Joel, Baraibar, Javier, Arregui, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/70308
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1232
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Comparative regionalism
Economic development
European Structural and Investment Funds
European Union
Euroscepticism
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spelling Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)Cantó, JoelBaraibar, JavierArregui, JavierComparative regionalismEconomic developmentEuropean Structural and Investment FundsEuropean UnionEuroscepticismEuropean Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) engender European Union (EU) support in generating economic growth, but their effect is conditional on individual European identity and educational background. This study investigates whether the positive impact of ESIF spending on EU attitudes also depends on the alignment of funding with the economic needs of recipient regions. We examine this issue with the Spanish case (1990-2019), employing a unique combined data set of Eurobarometer waves and regional NUTS-2 economic indicators. Our findings indicate that EU funds manage to decrease Euroscepticism only in laggard regions, which receive the lion's share of funds and allocate them to public goods easily perceived and communicated to the local population. Conversely, the effect of ESIF on transforming attitudes is absent in middle and high-income regions. The findings suggest a more complicated relationship between ESIF and EU support, which necessitates taking both individual and contextual factors into account.This work was supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union under Grants 101085465-BACES and 101047889-EU-GOV (Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Governance). and by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under grant PID2020-119716GB-I00 (El impacto de las capacidades formales e informales en el proceso de toma de decisiones legislativas en el Parlamento Europeo).Wiley2025202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/70308http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1232reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésEuropean Policy Analysis. 2025 Winter;11(1):54-74info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020‐119716GB‐I00© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/703082026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
title Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
spellingShingle Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
Cantó, Joel
Comparative regionalism
Economic development
European Structural and Investment Funds
European Union
Euroscepticism
title_short Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
title_full Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
title_fullStr Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
title_full_unstemmed Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
title_sort Same money, different impact? The curving effect of European Structural and Investment Funds on EU support in Spain (1990-2019)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cantó, Joel
Baraibar, Javier
Arregui, Javier
author Cantó, Joel
author_facet Cantó, Joel
Baraibar, Javier
Arregui, Javier
author_role author
author2 Baraibar, Javier
Arregui, Javier
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Comparative regionalism
Economic development
European Structural and Investment Funds
European Union
Euroscepticism
topic Comparative regionalism
Economic development
European Structural and Investment Funds
European Union
Euroscepticism
description European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) engender European Union (EU) support in generating economic growth, but their effect is conditional on individual European identity and educational background. This study investigates whether the positive impact of ESIF spending on EU attitudes also depends on the alignment of funding with the economic needs of recipient regions. We examine this issue with the Spanish case (1990-2019), employing a unique combined data set of Eurobarometer waves and regional NUTS-2 economic indicators. Our findings indicate that EU funds manage to decrease Euroscepticism only in laggard regions, which receive the lion's share of funds and allocate them to public goods easily perceived and communicated to the local population. Conversely, the effect of ESIF on transforming attitudes is absent in middle and high-income regions. The findings suggest a more complicated relationship between ESIF and EU support, which necessitates taking both individual and contextual factors into account.
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