Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...

The constitutional boundaries of European fiscal federalism -- The Maastricht architecture of European fiscal federalism -- The failure and abrogation of the Maastricht model -- Constitutional criteria for EU fiscal federalism -- The emergent centralised architecture of European fiscal...