Using a laboratory experiment with nested local and global public goods, we analyze the stability of global groups when individuals have the option to separate, according to the degree of decentralization of decision-making. We show that increasing the number of decisions made at the local level...

[eng] Tax Competition and Tax On Firm Profits : Theory and Practice.. This paper begins by reviewing the principal results relating to optimal taxation of corporate income and distortions arising from corporate income tax in an open economy. Emphasis is placed on the most recent theoretical...

The impact of the fragmentation of executive and legislative bodies on the level and composition of government expenditure is a feature of politics that has attracted considerable attention from economists. However, previous authors have abstracted from two important concepts: ideology and...

We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...

Dans cet article, nous dérivons de façon endogène le phénomène de contrainte budgétaire molle dans le cadre d’une fédération lorsque les décisions budgétaires sont prises au niveau décentralisé. Dans ce modèle, la mollesse de la contrainte budgétaire régionale découle de...

Les efforts de convergence nominale réalisés, pendant plusieurs années, en vue du passage à la monnaie unique, ont longtemps fait de la réduction des déficits budgétaires et de la maîtrise de l’endettement public les préoccupations quasi obsessionnelles des gouvernements européens....