Projects

This study for the Madeira development agency provided a comparative overview of tax regimes designed to attract mobile investment, comparing and contrasting the Madeira regime with those operating across a number of other EU Member States and their dependencies.

This study for the Madeira development agency assessed the impact of the special tax regime. The study was undertaken in the context of proposed changes to it imposed by the European Commission under the State aid rules. It sought to assess the attractiveness of the regime to actual and potential investors compared to the existing regime.

The project involved research on the impact and added value of EU Cohesion policy in the period up to 2007 and assessed the financial and strategic shifts in Cohesion policy arising from the Council decision and Interinstitutional Agreement in 2005-06, with a view to identifying the key changes and implications for added value.

The project involved research on the reform of Cohesion policy, the implications for Spain and consideration of potential reform scenarios and options.

The project involved budget modelling and research on scenarios and options for reforms of the Multinannual Financial Framework and Cohesion policy, in the 2007-13 period and implications for Cyprus.

The project involved comparative research on the design and implementation of regional policies in Central and Eastern Europe, and the organisation of a conference to facilitate dialogue between regional policy-makers from old and new Member States, as well as Romania and Bulgaria, on the directions of regional development policies at European, national and sub-national levels.

The project involved reearch and policy advice for the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the negotiations and discussions relating to the EU Financial Perspective for 2007-2013 and the reform of EU Cohesion policy associated with the enlargement of the European Union. This involved, in particular, establishing budgetary scenarios for the allocation of EU funding among the priority objectives of the EU and for distributing Cohesion policy support among the Member States of the EU, and identifying the implications for Greece.

The project examined the implications of the European Commission's proposed reform of the Regional Aid Guidelines for the period 2007-13, focusing on their implications for the Highlands & Islands region, Scotland.

The project involved an international comparative study on the delivery of economic development policies in the regions of selected EU countries. Four case studies were undertaken - Denmark, France, England and Flanders - where organisations that implement the national economic development agenda in the regions were studied.

The project involved research on the methods of co-financing subsidies on such soft loan schemes where such subsidies would still be needed after the end of the Structural Funds’ eligibility period due to the loans maturing after that date.