CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Tutic, Zeljka |
|---|---|
| Title | THE EU STATE AID RULES: CASE STUDY OF CROATIA |
| Summary | This thesis explains the changes in state aid policy of Croatia in terms of its forthcoming membership in the European Union. This study advances the argument that reform of state aid is influenced in particular by the EU state aid objectives of ‘less and better targeted state aid.’ The study draws evidence from secondary data on state aid as computed and reported by the Croatian Competition Agency. The pre-accession state aid policy in Croatia is compared with the changes in state aid policy in Poland before the EU accession. Among the sources, this thesis is based on the very few academic studies on state aid reforms in the newer member states of the EU. The available data on state aid volumes and objectives in Croatia suggests only a slow pace of change of state aid policy. Nevertheless, the analysis of the findings proves that the state aid schemes differ from previous state practices of giving aid to shipyards or steel mills without any attached conditions. The EU state aid rules and regulations are responsible for these improvements in the evolving Croatian state aid policy. |
| Supervisor | Martin Kahanec |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/tutic_zeljka.pdf |
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