Weiland, Bart (2021) European support and funding. Master thesis.
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Abstract
This study investigates the relation between support for the European Union and funding on a regional (NUTS-2) scalar level. Previous research has been limited by investigating this relation on a national scalar level, or based solely on data from the Cohesion Fund. Therefore this study tries to contribute to this body of literature by including the five biggest funds and compare support on a regional scalar level. Support for a governmental institution is crucial to be able to effectively govern. By studying support, this study helps determine whether or not funding could be of importance to increase the support towards, and thus the effectiveness of, the European Union. This study is based on data provided by the European Commission, European Social Survey, Eurostat and results from national elections. To generate results all 281 NUTS-2 regions have been divided in two categories: net-beneficiary or net-contributor to the European Funds. Based on the performed tests, the following conclusions can be drawn: First, support is heavily influenced by the economic state of the country or region. This results in a situation where a region that is economically doing well, is more likely to support the European Union. Second, quality of government is important for determining the effectiveness of the funding money received in a region. Therefore, regions with higher quality of government are more likely to support the European Union than regions with lesser functioning local governments. Third, after correcting for the economical state of the region and the quality of government, the relative amount of funding does influence support. Where the higher the amount of funding that is relatively transferred towards a region, the higher the support for the European Union in that region will be. Lastly, when looking at voting behaviour, people tend to vote opposite of their own economic interests.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Economic Geography |
| Supervisor: | Koster, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2021 13:26 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2021 13:26 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3474 |
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