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Why Brennan and Buchanan are wrong (after all)
Apolte, Thomas - 2007
In their book The Power to Tax, Brennan and Buchanan have pointed to a central weakness of the traditional theory of … public finance and especially of the theory of optimal taxation: This approach overlooked the problem of governmental power … theory appears to be once the problem of power is considered. Nevertheless, Brennan and Buchanan's suggestions for …
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An enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment, and dissolution of states and governmental units
Hausken, Kjell; Knutsen, John F. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-32, pp. 1-38
The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302703
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The economic effects of federalism and decentralization : a cross-country assessment
Voigt, Stefan; Blume, Lorenz - 2009
This paper explores the idea that institutional details matter and that attempts to estimate the economic effects of federalism by employing a simple dummy variable neglect potentially important institutional details. Based on a principal component analysis, seven aspects of both federalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271861
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Tullock challenges: Happiness, revolutions and democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2011
Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical 'Tullock Challenges'. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274770
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Tullock challenges: Happiness, revolutions and democracy
Frey, Bruno S. - 2011
Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical Tullock Challenges. The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316889
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Die Politische Ökonomie des Europäischen Verfassungskonvents
Vaubel, Roland - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 82 (2002) 10, pp. 636-640
Ein klassisches Mittel zur Begrenzung der Macht des Staates ist die Verfassung. Die Verfassungsgebung kann aber auch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302473
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Legal and constitutional disputes and the Philippine economy
Sicat, Gerardo P. - 2007
Constitution. The 1987 Constitution did little to change these provisions in the midst of economic reforms that were undertaken to … constitution have played the role of iron economic laws because of their relative permanence in the legal framework. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275059
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Principles of policy making in a larger Europe: What constitution fits the union?
Tabellini, Guido; Brok, Elmar - In: CESifo Forum 03 (2002) 2, pp. 16-25
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Europe's future after the European Council meeting of June 2007: A panel discussion
Bordignon, Massimo; Gros, Daniel; Roland, Gérard; … - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 4, pp. 39-44
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The Choice of Institutions
Alesina, Alberto - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 3, pp. 3-10
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