Do crises lead to policy change? The multiple streams framework and the European Union’s economic governance instruments

Saurugger, Sabine; Terpan, Fabien

doi:10.1007/s11077-015-9239-4

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“…Accounting for 14% of the EU GDP, procurement moved to the centre of policy-makers' attention during the 2008 financial crisis as it became a salient instrument to secure growth and overcoming the crisis (European Commission 2010Commission , 2011d. In light of this, it is important to point out that exogenous pressures, for example a deep economic crisis, have the potential of dramatically altering a policy (Baumgartner and Jones 1993;Saurugger and Terpan 2015;Howlett and Cashore 2009). As argued by Pempel (1998, 3), path-dependent periods are interrupted by 'radical shifts' leading to 'sudden bends in the path of history'.…”

Section: The Economic Crisis As a Critical Juncture?mentioning

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EU public procurement policy: the economic crisis as trigger for enhanced harmonisation

Pircher

2019

Journal of European Integration

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While previous research on the impact of the economic crisis on EU policy has primarily focused on the internal market and financial market regulations, the effect on public procurement has so far been neglected. This lack of attention is surprising. Public procurement accounts for approximately 14% of the EU GDP and involves over 250.000 contracting public authorities. Therefore, procurement is considered essential for lifting the EU out of the crisis by promoting competitiveness and growth. Nevertheless, public procurement reflects contradictory developments. Whereas the European Commission strives for greater harmonisation, member states often focus on national priorities. By comparing the old and new procurement regimes through the lenses of historic institutionalism, this article demonstrates that the EU managed to enhance harmonisation despite tendencies of increased national protectionism. The article finds that procurement became a much more prominent policy instrument for greater market integration subsequent to the economic crisis.

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Section: The Economic Crisis As a Critical Juncture?mentioning

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EU public procurement policy: the economic crisis as trigger for enhanced harmonisation

Pircher

2019

Journal of European Integration

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“…Both were aggravated by the following sovereign debt crisis and austerity plans. This situation was particularly acute in the European context, since the Eurozone was most affected by the crisis worldwide (Saurugger & Terpan, ).…”

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Multiple streams, leaked opportunities, and entrepreneurship in the EU agenda against tax avoidance

Roland

2019

European Policy Analysis

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This paper discusses the recent initiatives of the EU against tax evasion and tax avoidance from a Multiple Streams perspective. By combining a chronological review of EU tax provisions with a quantitative content analysis of official EU documents, I show how both EU corporate tax policy and the way it is framed have changed over time: From market-enhancing toward market-regulating tax measures that explicitly address corporate tax avoidance. Contrary to what is often assumed, findings show that the crucial window of opportunity did not stem from the financial and Eurozone crisis, but rather from the accumulation of tax scandals since 2013. Furthermore, my analysis differentiates between the entrepreneurship of the Commission as a whole and the individual entrepreneurship of single personalities to better understand the dynamics that lead to policy change in the EU.

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“…the economic part of EMU -was affected by two main crises in 2002-2005 and 2009-2013. Whereas the first non-systemic crisis, triggered by France and Germany, led to a softening of the SGP's hard law (Hodson and Maher 2004), the systemic crisis starting in 2009 led to a consistent deepening of integration in the field of economic governance, instead of a dismantling of shared governance institutions and market structures (Jones et al 2016;Saurugger and Terpan 2016). EMU was revised in 2010/2013 (with the six-pack, 2 the two-pack and the fiscal compact/TSCG), 3 hardening the obligations and the enforcement mechanisms aimed at ensuring compliance with the obligations.…”

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Politicisation and integration through law: whither integration theory?

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2016

West European Politics

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Do crises lead to policy change? The multiple streams framework and the European Union’s economic governance instruments

Cited by 63 publications

References 41 publications

EU public procurement policy: the economic crisis as trigger for enhanced harmonisation

EU public procurement policy: the economic crisis as trigger for enhanced harmonisation

Multiple streams, leaked opportunities, and entrepreneurship in the EU agenda against tax avoidance

Politicisation and integration through law: whither integration theory?

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