The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The starting point is the assumption that accession can only be successfully completed if the interests of decisive actors in present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in...

Verl.Beschr. (auch Zentralabitur-Thema 2012): Die Kohäsionspolitik wird wie alle anderen Ausgaben des EU-Haushalts zusammen mit der Einnahmeseite in die gegenwärtige umfassende Generalüberprüfung des EU-Finanzsystems einbezogen. Die Studie will zu dieser Überprüfung durch Behandlung einer...

Abstract: Die Kohäsionspolitik wird wie alle anderen Ausgaben des EU-Haushalts zusammen mit der Einnahmeseite in die gegenwärtige umfassende Generalüberprüfung des EU-Finanzsystems einbezogen. Die Studie will zu dieser Überprüfung durch Behandlung einer doppelten und interdependenten...

A rational financial constitution of the EU should be able to fulfil redistributive objectives at minimum costs. The present financial system of the Community is not compatible with this requirement. After the decisions of the European Council in Berlin on the Agenda 2000 the fundamental flaw of...

The paper applies standard public choice reasoning to the negotiations on EU enlargement and the Treaty of Nice. The starting point is the assumption that accession can only be successfully completed if the interests of decisive actors in present EU countries are respected. Decisive actors in...

Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political ideology, and populism. We predict and confirm that a German populist party on the...