Does Higher EU Spending Lead to a Crowding-Out Effect on National Public Investments in the Environment Protection Sector?

• Authors: Magdalena Szymczak , Artur Ochot

Title variants

PL

Czy zwiększenie funduszy strukturalnych powoduje efekt wypierania krajowych inwestycji w obszarze ochrony środowiska?

Abstracts

PL

Cel: Ocena, czy w sektorze ochrony środowiska wzrost wydatków z EFSI dla danego kraju powoduje spadek wydatków krajowych, oraz identyfikacja krajów, w których ma to miejsce. Metodyka: Wykorzystano dane roczne z baz danych Eurostatu i funduszy strukturalnych. Zidentyfikowano wartości EFSI i wydatków krajowych przekazanych na ochronę środowiska w latach 2007–2020 (ostatnie dwa wieloletnie okresy budżetowe) w odniesieniu do PKB i na mieszkańca i porównano je z modelami regresji liniowej między wydatkami UE i krajowymi. Wybrano grupę krajów o największym wzroście wydatków z EFSI w badanym obszarze i przeprowadzono dla nich analizę modeli trendów wydatków krajowych. Wyniki: Nie stwierdzono efektu wypierania inwestycji na poziomie krajowym przez zwiększenie wydatków EFSI. Zidentyfikowano również kraje o tendencji spadkowej pod względem krajowych wydatków na ochronę środowiska. Są to: Cypr, Litwa i w jednym wymiarze również Polska. Wskazuje to, że kraje te cedują kompetencje w zakresie finansowania ochrony środowiska na rzecz UE. Implikacje i rekomendacje: Oddanie finansowej suwerenności w sektorze ochrony środowiska w ręce UE może wywołać niepożądane tendencje społeczne do działania przeciwko zrównoważonemu rozwojowi. Dla krajów UE lepiej byłoby prowadzić politykę ekologiczną zbieżną z potrzebami międzynarodowymi. Oryginalność/wartość: Temat ten jest niezwykle istotny, biorąc pod uwagę znaczny wzrost zaangażowania UE w ochronę środowiska i zrównoważony rozwój w każdej kolejnej wieloletniej perspektywie budżetowej.

EN

Aim: An assessment of whether in the environmental protection sector, an increase in ESIF spending for a country results in a decrease in national spending and to identify countries where this is the case. Methodology: Annual data from Eurostat and Structural Funds databases were used. The values of ESIF and national expenditures transferred to environmental protection for the period 2007–2020 (the last two multiannual budget periods) to GDP and per capita were identified and compared with linear regression models between EU and national spending. A group of countries with the largest increase in ESIF expenditure in the study area was selected, and an analysis of national expenditure trend models was carried out for them. Results: No crowding-out effect of increased ESIF spending on environmental investment at the national level was found. Countries with a downward trend in national environmental expenditure were also identified: Cyprus, Lithuania and, in one dimension, also Poland. This indicates that these countries are ceding competence in environmental funding to the EU. Implications and recommendations: Giving out the financial sovereignty of the environment protection sector to the EU may trigger non-desirable social trends to act against sustainable development. For EU countries it would be better to pursue ecological policies convergent with international needs. Originality/value: The topic is relevant given the vast increase in the EU’s commitment to the environment and sustainable development in each successive multiannual budgetary perspective.

Keywords

PL

ESIF; ochrona środowiska; wydatki publiczne; dotacje na ochronę środowiska

EN

ESIF; environment protection; public spending; environmental subsidy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32-45

Dates

published

2025

Contributors

author

Magdalena Szymczak

• University of Economics in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000182626207

author

Artur Ochot

• University of Economics in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000227588946

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/pn.2025.1.03

Biblioteka Nauki

61212881