On the effectiveness of EU structural funds during the Great Recession: Estimates from a heterogeneous local average treatment effects framework
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Structural Funds; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Regional Heterogeneity; Absorptive Capacity; Cohesion; European Union;All these keywords.
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