Document de travail

Key-drivers of EU budget allocation: Does power matter?

Maria A. García-Valiñas et Vera Zaporozhets

Résumé

We examine the determinants of the EU budget expenditures allocation among different countries. Following previous literature, we consider two alternative explanations for the EU budget distribution: political power vs. 'needs view'. Taking the original data set (1976-2001) from Kauppi and Widgren (2004) we analyze whether their predictions stay robust while applying a different measure of power. We find that the nucleolus is a good alternative to the Shapley-Shubik index in the distributive situations such as the EU budget allocation. Our results also show that the relative weight of political power when explaining budget shares is lower than previous models' predictions.

Mots-clés

EU policies; budget allocation; political power; nucleolus; Shapley-Shubik index;

Codes JEL

  • D72: Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
  • D78: Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
  • H61: Budget • Budget Systems
  • O52: Europe

Remplacé par

Maria A. García-Valiñas, S. Kurz et Vera Zaporozhets, « Key-drivers of EU budget allocation: Does power matter? », European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 43, juin 2016, p. 57–70.

Référence

Maria A. García-Valiñas et Vera Zaporozhets, « Key-drivers of EU budget allocation: Does power matter? », TSE Working Paper, n° 15-548, 16 janvier 2015.

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TSE Working Paper, n° 15-548, 16 janvier 2015