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The European Union budget

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  • Hrvoje Simovic

    (Faculty of Economics, Zagreb)

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This paper analyses the current budgetary system of the EU, its features and the differences in it from the budgets of nation states, particularly from the standpoint of budgetary revenue and expenditure. Below there is an analysis of the system of the redistribution of EU budgetary resources via the Structural Funds, leading to different net positions of the member states in the use of budgetary resources. The object of the system is to achieve the maximum economic and social cohesion within the EU. The article points out that processes of EU enlargement and the creation of a new “financial perspective” will lead to many problems in the fulfilment of these objectives.

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  • Hrvoje Simovic, 2005. "The European Union budget," Financial Theory and Practice, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(3), pages 245-262.
  • Handle: RePEc:ipf:finteo:v:29:y:2005:i:3:p:245-262
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    1. Torsten Persson & Gerard Roland & Guido Tabellini, "undated". "The Theory of Fiscal Federalism: What Does it Mean for Europe?," Working Papers 101, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.
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    Keywords

    budget; European Union; net transfers; enlargement of the EU;
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    JEL classification:

    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures

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