Comparative Study of State Budget Discipline and Europeanization: Norms, Policies and Politics

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03313
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Morii Yuichi 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (00284935)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 仙石 学 北海道大学, スラブ・ユーラシア研究センター, 教授 (30289508)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: austerity / fiscal discipline / Germay / Poland / European Unon / Europeanization / policy transfer

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Germany and Poland introduced the principle to reduce national budget deficit earlier than other EU member states. The domestic politics and historical experiences played major roles in both countries before the establishment of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (TSCG). Europeanization and policy transfer can be observed after the introduction of the TSCG. But in Poland, the domestic politics influenced the implementation of the fiscal discipline. In Germany the broad consensus on the fiscal discipline influenced the implementation of the fiscal norm. The down load type Europeanization and policy transfer played limited role for both countries.

Free Research Field

European Union Studies