Fiscal effects of accession in the new Member States

Martin Hallet

No 203, European Economy - Economic Papers 2008 - 2015 from Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission

Abstract: The paper looks at the evidence on the widespread hypothesis in the academic literature and by some of the new Member States' governments that accession will bring about fiscal strains and requires higher budget deficits. It starts by calculating the expected new Member States' payments from the EU budget and looks at the issues of additionality and national co-financing of EU funds. Other possible fiscal effects from accession are briefly discussed.

Keywords: taxation; fiscal policy; budget deficit; EU budget; Hallet; accession; fiscal effects of accession; new member states (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2004-05
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