ESTIMATING THE ABSORPTION IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN FUNDS ON THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY  Cover Image

ESTIMATING THE ABSORPTION IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN FUNDS ON THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY
ESTIMATING THE ABSORPTION IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN FUNDS ON THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

Author(s): Ancuţa Popa
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Editura Expert Bucureşti - Institutul Naţional de Cercetări Economice
Keywords: European structural and cohesion funds; macroeconomic impact; economic sectors

Summary/Abstract: Regarding European Union budget for the programming period 2014 - 2020, Romania could access the sum of 25.1 billions euros of structural and cohesion funds. Given these funding opportunities for the Romanian economy, the paperanalyzes the impact of European structural and cohesion funds in the context of the European Union financial perspective 2014-2020 on the national economy. The indicatorsanalyzed are the impact ofthe absorption of the European funds on GDP, employment, revenues from VAT and revenues from security contributions and personal income tax. The results show that there is no panacea, namely that according to the indicators the European funds investments should be proportionally allocated in the keys sectors in order to maximise the value.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 16 (2)
  • Page Range: 149-263
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English