Polityka spójności a konkurencyjność dużych polskich miast
Interactions between EU Cohesion Policy and competitiveness of large Polish cities

Summary/Abstract: The paper attempts to evaluate the impact that the projects co-financed by European funds within the Cohesion Policy in the programming period 2004−2006 had on the competitiveness of large Polish cities. In the first part of the paper, we define competitiveness of cities and regions and operationalize it with indicators used in further analysis. Our evaluation is based on different quantitative methods of measuring correlations between competitiveness of cities and Cohesion Policy expenditures, which enables us to triangulate the results. The outcome is a set of hypothetical cause-effects relationships between public intervention and competitive position of cities. For their verification we employ qualitative case studies (See Report EUROREG 2010 and the articles by Marek Kozak and Andrzej Miszczuk in this issue).

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