允许欧盟国家的旗舰航空公司摆脱困境?在疫情前，委员会批准向陷入困境的国家航空公司提供国家援助的技术官僚和政治决定因素

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-08 DOI:10.1017/S0143814X22000010

Ruud van Druenen

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摘要

摘要欧盟国家援助规则的执行通常被描述为主要由技术官僚标准驱动，但有迹象表明，政治因素也起到了一定作用。然而，它们的确切影响以及与技术官僚因素的关系仍然未知。本文研究了委员会在何种技术官僚和政治条件下批准或不批准国家对国家航空公司的援助。基于对2004年至2019年间所有14起据称国家对国家航空公司提供援助的案件的定性比较分析，文章表明，批准和不批准援助主要取决于委员会的技术官僚评估：低程度的市场扭曲是批准援助的充分条件，而市场高度扭曲是不批准援助的必要条件。然而，在某些情况下，政治因素在决定执法结果方面起决定性作用。

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Permission to bail out EU’s national flag carriers? Technocratic and political determinants of commission approval of state aid to national airlines in difficulties in the pre-COVID era

Abstract The enforcement of EU state aid rules is often portrayed as mainly driven by technocratic standards, but there are indications that political factors also play a role. However, their exact impact and relationship with technocratic factors remain unknown. This article studies under which technocratic and political conditions the Commission approves or does not approve state aid to national airlines. Based on a crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of all 14 cases of alleged state aid to national airlines between 2004 and 2019, the article shows that both the approval and non-approval of aid are predominantly dependent upon the Commission’s technocratic assessment: a low degree of market distortion turns out to be a sufficient condition for the approval of aid, whereas a high degree of market distortion is a necessary condition for the non-approval of aid. However, in some cases, political factors are decisive in determining enforcement outcomes.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Public Policy applies social science theories and concepts to significant political, economic and social issues and to the ways in which public policies are made. Its articles deal with topics of concern to public policy scholars in America, Europe, Japan and other advanced industrial nations. The journal often publishes articles that cut across disciplines, such as environmental issues, international political economy, regulatory policy and European Union processes. Its peer reviewers come from up to a dozen social science disciplines and countries across three continents, thus ensuring both analytic rigour and accuracy in reference to national and policy context.