Evaluation of impacts of subsidies

Abstract

The article deals with the issue of assessing the impact of subsidies provided from EU funds. The aim is to evaluate how and whether it can be captured impacts of subsidies provided in general. The example of subsidies provided was chosen through the Operational Program Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness, which is mainly used by private sector enterprises. A complicating factor is the fact that subsidies are always provided for a longer period of time. For this reason, analysis through time trends is difficult to implement. Therefore, rather space-based analysis was used, comparing the values of subsidies drawn among individual regions. For analysis, correspondence analysis was chosen, which allows to capture the predominant character of subsidies provided (here according to the most frequently drawn volume of provided support). It was necessary to categorize, which on the one hand more generalized the analyzed data. At the same time, it allowed to eliminate the impact of extreme subsidies in terms of their amount. The results were further compared with the values of the selected statistical indicators that relate to the respective support areas. However, on the basis of this approach, the impact that would be visibly reflected in the region's economic situation has not been proven.