Working paper

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

Maria A. García-Valiñas, and Vera Zaporozhets

Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

JEL codes

  • 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

Replaced by

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

Reference

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

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TSE Working Paper, n. 15-548, January 16, 2015