Arbeitspapier
Political Yardstick Competition, Economic Integration, and Constitutional Choice in a Federation
This paper investigates the behavior of rent-seeking politicians in an environment of increasing economic integration. The focus of the paper is on the implications of globalization-induced political yardstick competition for constitutional design with a view to the current discussion in the European Union. In contrast to the established literature, we carefully portray the double-tiered government structure in federal systems. The number of lower-tier governments and the allocation of policy responsibilities to the two levels of government are subject to constitutional choice.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 501
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Economic Integration
Federalism
Political Economy
Yardstick Competition
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bodenstein, Martin
Ursprung, Heinrich
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (where)
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Munich
- (when)
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2001
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bodenstein, Martin
- Ursprung, Heinrich
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Time of origin
- 2001
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