Historical-institutionalist perspectives on the development of the EU budget system

Ackrill, Robert; Kay, Adrian

doi:10.1080/13501760500380775

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“…However, there is empirical evidence that layering does not necessarily cause change but rather can be used to lock in or stabilize an existing governance mode (see Ackrill and Kay , ; Baudot ). Thus, it can be considered a driver of institutional robustness and stickiness (Ansell et al ).…”

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Reconceptualizing layering—From mode of institutional change to mode of institutional design: Types and outputs

Capano

2019

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Due to its popularity, the term layering is often used generically, and it risks being transformed into a catch‐all concept. Layering has become synonymous with incremental change, thus making it a synonym for change without any specification in terms of the change and its effects. To make the term more conceptually coherent and empirically useful, this article problematizes the historical neo‐institutionalist definition of layering as a mode of change and, above all, its use in the literature. It argues that layering should be conceptualized in terms of modes of institutional design through which different types of additions to the actual institutional arrangement can be activated to pursue not only institutional and eventually policy change but also stability. As an approach to institutional design, layering can be distinguished according to that which is layered and the results that layering can achieve in terms of institutional and policy effects.

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Section: Layering As a Mode Of Gradual Change: What Does Not Work In mentioning

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Reconceptualizing layering—From mode of institutional change to mode of institutional design: Types and outputs

Capano

2019

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“…Mahoney and Thelen's () framework for explaining institutional change has also attracted criticism on the grounds that it lacks explanatory power because it does not account for the content of change, nor its direction (Shpaizman, , p. 1040). For example, in their analysis of the EU budget system, Ackrill and Kay (, p. 130) describe a process of layering new meso‐level institutions into the existing macro level framework which, contrary to Mahoney and Thelen's conception of layering as ‘changing the ways in which the original rules structure behaviour’ (, p. 16), had the effect of preserving and strengthening the existing macro level framework.…”

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The implementation of complex social policy: Institutional layering and unintended consequences in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

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In this article, we identify the unfolding unintended consequences which flow from one instance of policy layering in Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). We show how use of a causal diagram, which highlights feedback loops and emergent properties, to map complex chains of causal factors can assist policy scholars and policy practitioners to understand the likely direction of change and possible responses. In the case of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme, our analysis suggests that the likely direction of change will work against two of the fundamental design features of the NDIS: providing participants with more choice and control, and ensuring all eligible Australians are able to access appropriate services and supports regardless of where they live. Our analysis points to the use of price regulation as the site of potential intervention because of the role it plays in subsequent feedback loops and the development of the two, unwelcome, emergent properties.

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“…All of these are incremental changes designed to contain the system by allowing net balance demands to spread from the UK to other Member States. Each micro-reform has led to further complication rather than simplification of the system (Ackrill and Kay 2006). Heinemann et al (2008Heinemann et al ( , 2010 have put much thought into a solution for the rebates based on a generalised correction mechanism (GCM).…”

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Institutions and the route to reform of the European Union’s budget revenue, 1970–2017

Benedetto

2017

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Using process tracing, this paper charts the history of the changes in the EU's revenue since 1970, including package deals and the unforeseen consequences of change, comparing the positions of the Council to those of the European Commission and European Parliament. Those revenue decisions allowed European integration to proceed though without a fully autonomous budget as Member States became more careful to calculate their net benefits or costs in relation to the budget. In December 2013, the European Union's institutions established a High Level Group to recommend changes to the revenue base of the EU's budget. This reported in January 2017, proposing to resolve the effect of sub-optimal revenue and budget decisions made by the European Union over many years, to reduce direct national contributions, to minimise the risk of unforeseen consequences, and to combine revenue flows with steering effects to discourage certain forms of economic behaviour in line with the wider policy agenda of the European Union.

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Historical-institutionalist perspectives on the development of the EU budget system

Cited by 55 publications

References 17 publications

Reconceptualizing layering—From mode of institutional change to mode of institutional design: Types and outputs

Reconceptualizing layering—From mode of institutional change to mode of institutional design: Types and outputs

The implementation of complex social policy: Institutional layering and unintended consequences in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Institutions and the route to reform of the European Union’s budget revenue, 1970–2017

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