Regionen stehen unvermeidlich miteinander direkt oder indirekt in Konkurrenz. In erster Linie konkurrieren die Regionen um die Attrahierung von Kapital, um dem mobileren Teil der Einwohnerschaft eine attraktive Beschäftigung mit einem zufriedenstellenden Wohlstandsniveau anzubieten. Die großen...

Estonian municipalities should perform a broad range of functions, while their fiscal resources are often limited and large disparities in fiscal capacity prevail among them. Moreover, the power to regulate fiscal affairs is mostly in the hands of the central government. We discuss how a strict...

Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...