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Subsidiarity, governance, and EU economic policy
Inman, Robert; Rubinfeld, Daniel - In: CESifo Forum 3 (2002) 4, pp. 3-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998719
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Stability of Nations and Genetic Diversity 
Desmet, Klaus; Breton, Michel Le; Ortuno-Ortin, Ignacio; … - Faculty of Economics and Business, Tbilisi State University - 2008
the likelihood of secession or unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … identify the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Furthermore, we estimate the welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518010
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Linguistic Diversity and Redistribution 
Desmet, Klaus; Ortuno-Ortin, Ignacio; Weber, Shlomo - Faculty of Economics and Business, Tbilisi State University - 2008
This paper investigates the effect of linguistic diversity on redistribution in a broad cross-section of countries. We use the notion of "linguistic distances" and show that the commonly used fractionalization index, which ignores linguistic distances, yields insignificant results. However, once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518019
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Nation Formation and Genetic Diversity
Desmet, Klaus; Le Breton, Michel; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
determining the likelihood of secession and unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Our framework is further applied to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136479
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Nation formation and genetic diversity
DESMET, Klaus; LE BRETON, Michel; ORTUNO-ORTIN, Ignacio; … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006
determining the likelihood of secession and unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Our framework is further applied to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008623
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The Stability and Breakup of Nations: A Quantitative Analysis
Desmet, Klaus; Breton, Michel Le; Ortuno-Ortin, Ignacio; … - Vlaams Instituut voor Economie en Samenleving (VIVES), … - 2009
or unions. After calibrating the model to Europe, we identify the regions prone to secession and the countries most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567835
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From Tranquility to Secession and Other Historical Sequences: A Theoretical Exposition
Hallwood, Paul - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2007
or contraction in the geographic size of nations, wars of secession, non-contested secessions, and growth of supra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800277
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Citizens Should Vote on Secession
Eerola, Essi; Määttänen, Niku; Poutvaara, Panu - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1312-1312
threat of withdrawal to extract concessions in intergovernmental negotiations. This problem would be exacerbated by national … require that withdrawal from EU membership must be approved by the voters of the withdrawing member state in a referendum. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046401
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Citizens Should Vote on Secession
Eerola, Essi; Määttänen, Niku; Poutvaara, Panu - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700352
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The dynamics of reform of India’s federal system
Singh, Nirvikar - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 1, pp. 22-31
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998647