The impact of territorial capital on Cohesion Policy in rural Polish areas
研究了2007-2018年欧盟凝聚政策在波兰农村地区的效果，发现非农业功能更发达的地区政策效果更好，但地区间发展差距并未缩小。
This study evaluates the outcomes of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy on rural areas in Poland between 2007 and 2018. Stratified propensity score matching was used to examine whether policy impact depends on the type of local territorial capital involved. Inputs and outcomes between individual municipalities with similar territorial capital characteristics and conditions of socio-economic development were modelled and compared. The results show that more advanced development of non-agricultural functions and also a reduced agricultural function led to greater Cohesion Policy effectiveness. Thus, convergence, or the evening out of differences in socio-economic development, does not take place at the local (intraregional) level.