Reform Options for the EU Own Resources System

• Main Authors: Heinemann, Friedrich (Author), Mohl, Philipp (Author), Osterloh, Steffen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2008.
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies, 40
• Subjects: European Economic Community literature.; Public finance.; Economic policy.; Economics.; European Integration.; Economic Policy.; Public Economics.

This study develops a reform proposal for the future revenue system of the EU budget. The findings strongly reject the idea that a reform based on an EU tax-based own resource would remedy current problems. Against the background of the status quo analysis the authors present a reform model which in...

Table of Contents:

• Criteria for a Fair and Efficient Own Resources System
• Assessing the Status Quo
• Background Analyses
• Reform Approaches
• A Reform Proposal
• Final Remarks.