Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110421 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 090102
Publisher: 
Romanian Academy, National Institute for Economic Research, Bucharest
Abstract: 
The study is based on the critical observations that competitive market forces alone are not able to assure convergence with the developed countries. These observations are grounded on the results of the computation of the marginal rate of return to capital (which contradict the neoclassical model hypotheses), as well as on the real process of polarisation of the economic activities, taking place worldwide and in accordance with the law of competition. Unlike those who trust the perfect competitive market virtues, the EU's economic policy is realistic as it is based on the harmonisation of the market forces with an economic policy based on the principle of cohesion, which supports, by means of economic levers, the less developed regions and member countries. Our paper deals with the evolution of the EU cohesion funds, as well as with the results of convergence. * Study within the CEEX Programme Project No. 220/2006 Economic Convergence and Role of Knowledge in Relation to the EU Integration .
Subjects: 
neoclassical model
marginal rate of return to capital
polarisation
convergence
divergence
cohesion
cohesion among countries
cohesion funds
structural funds
variation coefficient.
JEL: 
C21
E22
O41
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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