Tit for tat? EU risk-sharing and experienced reciprocity

Reinl, Ann‐Kathrin; Κατσανίδου, Αλεξία

doi:10.1080/13501763.2023.2215820

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“…Cicchi et al (2020) provide descriptive survey evidence on regional European solidarity: respondents are mostly willing to help their neighbours. Other studies confirm this finding and stress the role of past crises in shaping solidarity (Afonso & Negash, 2023;Reinl et al, 2022). Second, 'partial exits' can severely erode solidarity: if some actors undermine common norms but continue to benefit from EU public goods, they are perceived as free riders (Bartolini, 2005, pp.…”

Section: Bounding-bonding: Insider/outsider Demarcation and European ...mentioning

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Bounded solidarity? Experimental evidence on cross‐national bonding in the EU during the COVID crisis

OANA,

TRUCHLEWSKI

2023

European J Political Res

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Most studies on European solidarity (‘bonding’) during COVID‐19 lack a baseline comparison with outside states. We, therefore, cannot say whether European solidarity is universal or geared towards European Union (EU) insiders (‘bounding’). We thus ask whether European solidarity is ‘bounded’, that is, whether it relies on differentiation between European insiders and outsiders. We argue that if existent, bounded solidarity constitutes a long‐term and thick basis for institutional building. To explore this ‘bonding–bounding’ dynamic, we use a vignette experiment embedded into an original survey collected in eight European countries (n ∼ 8900), covering all European regions. Our design varies the countries receiving solidarity, and the channels (EU level vs. member state level), policy domains (health vs. economy) and instruments (loans, grants, medical equipment, vaccines) through which solidarity is provided. Regarding bounding, we find that most countries are more solidaristic with EU countries than an outsider, baseline state (Peru), Italy excepted. There is, nonetheless, a strong heterogeneity between countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden mostly want to help themselves and Southern member states, but not Central Eastern European member states, which we show is due to their perceived obstructionism related to the Rule of Law debate. Concerning the nature of solidarity, we find that most respondents prefer solidarity to be channelled through the EU and loans, with evidence suggesting a freeriding mechanism behind this preference. All in all, our results indicate that EU citizens form a distinct community of solidarity which, in line with a Rokkanian understanding of polity formation, plays a key role in political development and consolidation.

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Section: Bounding-bonding: Insider/outsider Demarcation and European ...mentioning

confidence: 94%

Bounded solidarity? Experimental evidence on cross‐national bonding in the EU during the COVID crisis

OANA,

TRUCHLEWSKI

2023

European J Political Res

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“…Our understanding of the role of these deservingness criteria beyond the role of identity for the willingness to help other EU countries is, so far, limited. Reinl and Katsanidou (2023) show that citizens are more willing to support those countries that have shown solidarity in the past, and Afonso and Negash (2023) have shown that the need of a recipient country also influences the willingness to express solidarity. These findings suggest that citizens do evaluate the deservingness of other countries, and that they consider what happens to the money they contribute.…”

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Treating nations like people: How responsibility attributions shape citizens’ fiscal solidarity with other EU countries

Clasen

2024

Journal of European Social Policy

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Scholars have so far not paid sufficient attention to the role of attributed responsibility of countries when they need to explain variations of European fiscal solidarity. Do citizens consider the responsibility of other countries when expressing solidarity with them? This article advances the argument that individuals apply similar heuristics to countries as to other individuals. When expressing solidarity with another country, individuals rely on cues about deservingness. The role of responsibility attributions is tested in this article using logistic regression on survey data from 10 EU countries. Results show that citizens in rich welfare states reduce their solidarity for other countries if they deem them responsible for their own crises. This suggests that rich welfare states hinder the development of solidarity beyond their national boundaries. This research contributes to our understanding of the role of deservingness attributions in European solidarity, as well as to our understanding of the role of the welfare state in solidarity.

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Divided by borders, united in healthcare? Regional heterogeneities and technocratic solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic

Reinl,

Beetsma,

Nicoli

2024

Journal of European Public Policy

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Tit for tat? EU risk-sharing and experienced reciprocity

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

Bounded solidarity? Experimental evidence on cross‐national bonding in the EU during the COVID crisis

Bounded solidarity? Experimental evidence on cross‐national bonding in the EU during the COVID crisis

Treating nations like people: How responsibility attributions shape citizens’ fiscal solidarity with other EU countries

Divided by borders, united in healthcare? Regional heterogeneities and technocratic solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic

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