We normally take it for granted: a government or state has its corresponding territory. This paper shows that government need not have a territorial monopoly.

We normally take it for granted that a government or state has its corresponding territory. This paper shows that government need not have a territorial monopoly. The paper advances a practical constitutional proposal, based on the notion that there are meaningful government units, whose major...

The measurement of preferences is an ongoing challenge for economists. New insights can be won by relying on reported subjective well-being in addition to observed behaviour. Empirical estimates of well-being functions, based on a sample of 5500 Swiss residents, find that unemployed persons are...