Open borders imply systems competition. This paper studies the implications of systems competition for the national co mpetition rules. It is shown that an equilibrium where all countries retain their antitrust laws does not exist, since abolishing this law makes it possible for a single country...

This paper discusses how an industrialized country could defend the wages and social benefits of its unskilled workers against wage competition from immigrants. It shows that fixing social standards harms the workers and that fixing social replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment....

Deutschland ist zum kranken Mann Europas geworden. Das Bildungssystem ist miserabel, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit katastrophal. Die demografische Entwicklung lässt uns einknicken, die sozialen Sicherungssysteme sind marode und produzieren noch mehr Arbeitslosigkeit. Politiker, Wirtschaft und...

While the old systems competition took place with closed borders, globalisation has brought about a new type of systems competition that is driven by the mobility of factors of production. The new systems competition will likely imply the erosion of the European welfare state, induce a race to...