Policy Deviations, Uncertainty, and the European Court of Justice

Policy Deviations, Uncertainty, and the European Court of Justice

The implementation of European Union directives into national law is at the discretion of member states. We analyze incentives for member states to deviate from these directives when the European Commsision may sue a defecting member state and rulings at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are uncer...

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Veröffentlicht in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 09-2013)
Autoren: Hefeker, Carsten, Neugart, Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2013
Schlagworte:
European Commission
court behavior
uncertainty
compliance
European Court of Justice
legal process
Wirtschaft
European Union law
directives
Economics
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Zusammenfassung:The implementation of European Union directives into national law is at the discretion of member states. We analyze incentives for member states to deviate from these directives when the European Commsision may sue a defecting member state and rulings at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are uncertain. We find that higher uncertainty about the preferences of the ECJ increases policy deviation, irrespective of whether a case is taken to court or not. If decisions of member states to deviate are interdependent, the incidence of filed cases decreases while for those policies reaching the ECJ deviations increase.
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0172

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