Persson, Lars - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008
the national governments. Both national governments have commitment power vis-à-vis the federal government, whereas one of … the national governments (the horizontal Stackelberg leader) also has commitment power vis-à-vis the other country (the … horizontal follower). The results show how the horizontal and vertical commitment power affect the horizontal leader’s use of …