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European Structural and Investment Funds Journal (ESTiF) 2017 Vol 5, Issue 3, pp. 175-177

European Policy Research Paper, No. 95, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 55, Issue 3, May 2017, pages 569–592

Study for European Parliament, Policy Department on Budgetary Affairs, Brussels

The United Kingdom has been one of the key proponents of financial instruments (FIs) – loans, guarantees and equity - and spends a larger share of its Structural Funds allocations in the form of FIs than most Member States. FIs have played an increasingly prominent role in EU policies, including Cohesion policy, and the UK has often been at the leading edge of policy practice in this area. As the United Kingdom prepares to leave the structures and policies created under EU Cohesion Policy, it is appropriate to consider what lessons can be retained from the Structural Funds experience with financial instruments, where it could be improved and how it might inform future policy design.

This paper provides a brief overview of the rationales and role of financial instruments and sets the UK experience within a broader EU context. Drawing on the views of the FINE partner it goes on to review policymaker assessments of how EU financial instruments have worked, ...

IQ-Net Review Paper 41(1), European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Simona Piattoni, Laura Polverari, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016

ISBN1784715670, 9781784715670 - 584 pages

IQ-Net Thematic Paper 42(2), European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

in Gänzle, S and Kern K.(eds) A Macro-Regional Europe in the Making: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Evidence Palgrave, pp. 47-72

European Policy Research Paper, No. 112, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

European Policy Research Paper, No. 96, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Contribution to edited volume by Buts C & Buendia Sierra J (eds) Milestones in State Aid Law, Lexxion. 

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European Structural and Investment Funds Journal, 2016 (2), 59-67

European Parliament, Research for REGI Committee, PE 629.196, European Parliament, Brussels

European Structural and Investment Funds Journal (ESTiF) 2017 Vol 5, Issue 3, pp. 235-244  

European Policy Research Paper, No. 100, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow