This paper reconsiders the link between welfare state provision, globalisation and competitiveness empirically. We … of redistributive taxation are incompatible with economic globalisation. Our empirical analysis is motivated by recent … important aspect of globalisation, namely the activities of multinational companies, and investigate whether social expenditure …

The conventional wisdom is that increasing globalisation requires a reduction in the provision of the welfare state … investigate the link between two aspects of globalisation, namely international competitiveness and foreign direct investment, and …

for redistributive policies. At the same time, conventional wisdom suggests that increasing globalisation requires a …

This paper reconsiders the link between welfare state provision, globalisation and competitiveness empirically. We … of redistributive taxation are incompatible with economic globalisation. Our empirical analysis is motivated by recent … important aspect of globalisation, namely the activities of multinational companies, and investigate whether social expenditure …