The Community Budget for an Economic and Monetary Union

by Paul Bernd Spahn

Maastricht will induce changes to the EC budget the various dimensions of which are explored in this volume. Based on the theory of fiscal federalism the author discusses important aspects of multilayer government finance for existing federations - Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the USA. He sketches the effects of an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) onto the Community budget, and concludes with a systematic treatment of revenue instruments for its future financing

219 pages, Hardcover

First published June 8, 1993

About the author

Paul Bernd Spahn was professor of public finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt.