@incollection{BahnWalkowiakUsubiagaSchepelmann2012, author = {Bahn-Walkowiak, Bettina and Usubiaga, Arkaitz and Schepelmann, Philipp}, title = {EU structural and cohesion policy and sustainable development}, booktitle = {Carbon pricing, growth and the environment}, editor = {Kreiser, Lawrence A.}, publisher = {Elgar}, address = {Cheltenham}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-46400}, pages = {17 -- 32}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This chapter is an excerpt from a study commissioned by the European Parliament, which examines EU subsidies for agriculture, fisheries, transport, energy and regional development. Based on proven methodologies for the identification and assessment of environmentally harmful subsidies, the study assesses the sustainability level of the sectoral policies and makes recommendations for a reform that would contribute to the alignment of the EU budget towards a more sustainable growth. The following sections provide the main findings of one of the largest fields of expenditure within the EU budget, the structural and cohesion policy.}, language = {en} }