The Excess Power Puzzle of the EU Budget

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It is a constant topic of debate how the European Union (EU) spends the money it collects from its member states. This paper supports the idea that the EU budget battle involves one-shot games that have persistent impacts on the budget allocations. In one way or the other, the member states are able to establish rules or contracts that restrict the budget allocation in advance. In the current status quo, France and Spain are the clearest winners of these restrictions, while Austria, Finland and Sweden, not to mention the new member states, suffer largest losses.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion paper ; No. 45

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Cooperative Games ; Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
• Subject: EU budget ; voting power

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kauppi, Heikki ; Widgrén, Mika
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Aboa Centre for Economics (ACE)
• (where): Turku
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/233261
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET