Bu makale devletlerin bölünmesinin ekonomik ve politik yükünü, kamu sektörünün ya da devlet sektörünün büyüklüğüyle, ülke büyüklüğü arasındaki ilişki ekseninde ampirik olarak araştırmaktadır. Doksanlı yıların başında dağılan eski sosyalist ülkelerden birçok...

We develop a dynamic political-economic theory of welfare state and immigration policies, featuring three distinct voting groups: skilled workers, unskilled workers, and old retirees. The essence of inter - and intra-generational redistribution of a typical welfare system is captured with a...

This paper examines what the Government of Egypt should do, and how best to do it, to respond to a changing world. It introduces a three-component strategy as a framework for coping with the recent trend to globalization. It emphasizes that the government must play a strong role to respond to...

This article studies the interactions among economic integration, international conflict, and the formation and breakup of political unions. Economic integration reduces the importance of political size, while international conflict increases it. When international conflict reduces economic...

The European Union budget has a number of specific characteristics which make it different from the budgets of the Member States : in principle, it must never be in deficit, and there is a special decision-making procedure. The structure and maximum expenditure are specified for a 7-year period...

With the completion of EMU, tax competition and, more in general, locational competition is high on the EU policy agenda. In contrast to the standard neo-classical reasoning, recent advances in the theory of trade and location have shown that tax competition does not necessarily lead to a 'race...

Economic integrations have a positive effect on growth and development of national economies and in a greater welfare of the society. But the growth of national economies has a negative impact on the growth of the size of government. It seems, based on the cases of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and...

With the completion of EMU, tax competition and, more in general, locational competition is high on the EU policy agenda. In contrast to the standard neo-classical reasoning, recent advances in the theory of trade and location have shown that tax competition does not necessarily lead to a race...

The Group of Twenty and the new world order it is meant to signify have prompted a wave of triumphalism around the world from those who, like French President Nicolas Sarkozy, bemoan the influences of quot;Anglo-Saxon capitalismquot; and from neo-Marxists, who view the economic crisis as a...

Taking a normative approach this paper identifies and develops basic principles for the good governance of central banks, namely independence, democratic accountability and transparency. In doing so the paper focuses on the arrangements surrounding the primary task of a central bank, i.e. the...