Policy Autonomy, Coordination or Harmonization in the Persistently Heterogeneous European Union?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43110%2F16%3A43909246" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43110/16:43909246 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2016-0004" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2016-0004</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2016-0004" target="_blank" >10.1515/danb-2016-0004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Policy Autonomy, Coordination or Harmonization in the Persistently Heterogeneous European Union?

Original language description

Within the context of the continuing integration process in Europe, this paper addresses the question of whether policies in the EU should head towards autonomy, coordination or harmonization. Taking the path dependence effect into account, it is the authors' opinion that Europe has gone too far in its integration process to be able to continue with policies being fully under the competences of individual member countries. However, the habitual question still arises: does fiscal policy need to be harmonized to a level comparable to monetary policy as these two policies, necessarily, complement each other? This paper argues that it does not. There are three main arguments discussed. Firstly, the authors build on the theory of fiscal federalism. Secondly, there are significantly different regimes of welfare states and extents of social policies among European countries, which strongly determine the character of public finance. And thirdly, the tax systems across Europe are also highly divergent, with many features of continuing tax competition.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AH - Economics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/7E12049" target="_blank" >7E12049: Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

DANUBE: Law and Economics Review

ISSN

1804-6746

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

53-71

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84964668101