Arbeitspapier

The EU budget dispute :a blessing in disguise?

This paper analyses the European budget and the position of the ten new member states. We argue that the EU budget should be reconsidered, as the Union has expanded to 27 member states and has become more heterogeneous. The budget priorities must be re-oriented towards potentially productive spending programmes. A simple economic growth model illustrates that the current EU budget setting is, at best, neutral with respect to the EU-wide long-term growth potential and may actually hamper growth in the majority of the EU countries if the distortionary nature of taxation is taken into account.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1986

Classification
Wirtschaft
Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
Subject
Öffentlicher Haushalt
Finanzpolitik
Wirtschaftswachstum
Schätzung
EU-Staaten

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Schneider, Ondřej
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2007

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Schneider, Ondřej
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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