The Western Balkans and the EU budget : the effects of enlargement

Rant, Vasja (avtor), Mrak, Mojmir (avtor), Marinč, Matej (avtor)

The Western Balkan region needs credible European development prospects to break the cycle of enlargement and accession fatigue and to speed up regional adjustment to the EU. Post-accession EU budget flows can provide the necessary funding for such prospects. This article assesses the expected changes in the size and composition of EU budget flows to the Western Balkan countries after their EU accession. Our results show a sudden and substantial increase in gross and net flows, which gradually intensifies over several years before levelling off. EU budget flows are economically important relative to the size of the Western Balkan economies, and their composition is strongly biased towards development policies. We also find that Western Balkan enlargement comes at a minimal budgetary cost for the remaining EU member states. Our findings can help reduce scepticism behind the Western Balkan countries’ accession fatigue and the EU’s enlargement fatigue.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Western Balkans, European Union, EU, enlargement, budgets, EU budget, accession
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: Str. 431-453
• Številčenje: Vol. 20, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147418
• UDK: 061.1EU
• ISSN pri članku: 1468-3857
• DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2020.1793061
• COBISS.SI-ID: 22860803
• Datum objave v RUL: 05.07.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea studies
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1468-3857
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1573397

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Zahodni Balkan, EU, širitev, proračuni

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0161
• Naslov: Izzivi vlagateljev, podjetij, finančnih institucij in države v negotovem evropskem gospodarskem okolju