Financial compliance in the European Union : a cross-national assessment of financial correction patterns and causes in cohesion policy

Mendez, Carlos and Bachtler, John (2017) Financial compliance in the European Union : a cross-national assessment of financial correction patterns and causes in cohesion policy. Journal of Common Market Studies, 55 (3). pp. 569-592. ISSN 1468-5965 (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12502)

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Abstract

EU compliance scholarship has expanded rapidly over the last decade but has neglected the financial dimension of compliance in terms of Member States’ conformity with EU financial rules on the regularity and legality of EU spending. This article makes the case for a multi-dimensional approach to compliance research and provides a cross-national assessment of financial compliance in EU Cohesion policy, employing quantitative and qualitative methods. To account for cross-national variations in the application of financial corrections for non-compliant spending, several factors are explored, focusing on regional autonomy, administrative capacity and goodness-of-fit. The quantitative analysis finds strong support for the impact of administrative capacity on cross-national compliance patterns and some evidence for the role of goodness-of-fit. Contrary to expectations, regional autonomy is not associated with compliance in this critical case of EU multi-level governance. Qualitative analysis reinforces these findings and reveals additional factors of relevance.

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Mendez, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7109-4444 and Bachtler, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0706-597X;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:57739
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 May 2017
    Published
    7 December 2016
    Published Online
    24 August 2016
    Accepted
    Notes:This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mendez, C., & Bachtler, J. (2016). Financial compliance in the European Union: a cross-national assessment of financial correction patterns and causes in cohesion policy. Journal of Common Market Studies. DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12502, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12502. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Economic Theory
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > European Policies Research Centre
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Sep 2016 11:16
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57739
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