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Eric Zonneveld - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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european union Budget Contributions and expenditures a lorenz curve approach
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2013Co-Authors: Loek Groot, Eric ZonneveldAbstract:This article investigates the (in)equality of the European Budget with respect to financial Contributions and expenditures across Member States. Standard tools from the measurement of income inequality, including the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient, are applied to the distribution of European Union Contributions and expenditure. In addition, the inequality in the allocation of the Budget is juxtaposed against the distribution of voting power within the Council of Ministers. Redistribution from rich to poor members can mainly be attributed to unequal per capita Contributions in funding the EU Budget, while voting power rather than the needs of individual members dominates with respect to expenditure. The accession to the EU of relatively smaller eastern European countries in 2004 and 2007 delivered more voting power to poorer countries with relatively small population shares. This change reinforced the voting power effect in expenditures.
Georg Götz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Public Budget Contributions to the European Rail Sector
Review of Network Economics, 2017Co-Authors: Jan Thomas Schäfer, Georg GötzAbstract:Abstract This paper provides an analysis of the funding structure of the railways in eight European countries. It updates and expands the well-known database on public Contributions to rail, which has initially been published by [NERA (2004) Study of the Financing of and Public Budget Contributions to Railways: A Final Report for European Commission, DG TREN. London: NERA National Economic Research Associates.]. The analysis shows that there are large differences concerning the focus of granted funds which can be explained by different policy objectives, differences in the level and degree of network access charges and different cost coverage ratios of public transport services. We identify a tendency towards two main financing models. In our data-set countries either focus their support payments on the operation of the infrastructure, which implies lower network charges and thus a lower amount of necessary Public Service Compensations, or they focus on the support of transport services with a higher degree of cost coverage of network charges and thus a lower amount of operating Contributions paid to the infrastructure manager. The structure of funds, different approaches of infrastructure financing and differences in the treatment of historical debt are likely to have an influence on the performance of the investigated railway systems.
Iain Begg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Deals, deals, deals: who needs them?
2020Co-Authors: Iain BeggAbstract:At a special meeting of the European Council on 20-21 February, EU leaders failed to reach an agreement on the organisation’s Budget for 2021-27. As Iain Begg explains, the delicate process of negotiating the EU’s multi-annual financial framework (MFF) has been further complicated this time around by Brexit, with some states believing the loss of the UK’s Budget Contributions should result in a drop in aggregate spending, and others arguing the richest member states should fill the gap by contributing more.
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The gaffe that keeps on taking: how to break the deadlock over Britain's EU divorce bill
2017Co-Authors: Iain BeggAbstract:The size of the 'divorce bill' the UK will pay following its exit from the EU remains one of the key sticking points in the Brexit negotiations. Iain Begg writes that despite the apparent deadlock over the issue, it would not take much to reach a compromise. He suggests that extending the idea of an implementation phase to the UK's Budget Contributions would offer a way forward, with the UK simply maintaining its net contribution at current levels for the duration of a transition period.
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Why both sides of the UK’s debate are misleading the public on EU Budget Contributions
2016Co-Authors: Iain BeggAbstract:One of the key fault lines in the UK’s debate over EU membership concerns the amount the country contributes to the EU Budget. Iain Begg writes that both sides of the referendum campaign are guilty of misleading the public over the issue, with the leave side frequently quoting Contributions without applying the rebate, and the remain side comparing apples and oranges by balancing Budget Contributions against other benefits.
Loek Groot - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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european union Budget Contributions and expenditures a lorenz curve approach
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2013Co-Authors: Loek Groot, Eric ZonneveldAbstract:This article investigates the (in)equality of the European Budget with respect to financial Contributions and expenditures across Member States. Standard tools from the measurement of income inequality, including the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient, are applied to the distribution of European Union Contributions and expenditure. In addition, the inequality in the allocation of the Budget is juxtaposed against the distribution of voting power within the Council of Ministers. Redistribution from rich to poor members can mainly be attributed to unequal per capita Contributions in funding the EU Budget, while voting power rather than the needs of individual members dominates with respect to expenditure. The accession to the EU of relatively smaller eastern European countries in 2004 and 2007 delivered more voting power to poorer countries with relatively small population shares. This change reinforced the voting power effect in expenditures.
Jan Thomas Schäfer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Public Budget Contributions to the European Rail Sector
Review of Network Economics, 2017Co-Authors: Jan Thomas Schäfer, Georg GötzAbstract:Abstract This paper provides an analysis of the funding structure of the railways in eight European countries. It updates and expands the well-known database on public Contributions to rail, which has initially been published by [NERA (2004) Study of the Financing of and Public Budget Contributions to Railways: A Final Report for European Commission, DG TREN. London: NERA National Economic Research Associates.]. The analysis shows that there are large differences concerning the focus of granted funds which can be explained by different policy objectives, differences in the level and degree of network access charges and different cost coverage ratios of public transport services. We identify a tendency towards two main financing models. In our data-set countries either focus their support payments on the operation of the infrastructure, which implies lower network charges and thus a lower amount of necessary Public Service Compensations, or they focus on the support of transport services with a higher degree of cost coverage of network charges and thus a lower amount of operating Contributions paid to the infrastructure manager. The structure of funds, different approaches of infrastructure financing and differences in the treatment of historical debt are likely to have an influence on the performance of the investigated railway systems.
