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Marktwirtschaft und Subsidiarität: Die föderative Arbeitsteilung auf dem Prüfstand

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  • Laaser Claus-Friedrich
  • Stehn Jürgen

    (Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel Düsternbrooker Weg 120)

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The article analyses whether the efficiency of economic policy decisions in national and supranational communities can be improved by deepening the division of labor between different levels of government. Using a model based on the theory of fiscal federalism, normative criteria for the optimal vertical distribution of authority are developed. A comparison between the derived optimality conditions and the factual distribution of authority in the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union indicates that in Germany as well as within the EU a decentralisation of economic policy authority would be welfare-improving.

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  • Laaser Claus-Friedrich & Stehn Jürgen, 1996. "Marktwirtschaft und Subsidiarität: Die föderative Arbeitsteilung auf dem Prüfstand," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 45(1), pages 58-91, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:45:y:1996:i:1:p:58-91:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-1996-0105
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    1. Schrader, Klaus & Laaser, Claus-Friedrich, 2017. "Die Bedeutung Kataloniens für die spanische Volkswirtschaft," Kiel Policy Brief 108, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Kirschke, Dieter & Hager, Astrid & Jechlitschka, Kurt & Wegener, Stefan, 2005. "Co-financing Implications for Regional Policy-Making: A Case Study for the Agri-environmental Programme in Saxony-Anhalt," Structural Change and Transition in the Agricultural Sector/ Strukturwandel und Transformation im Agrarbereich (SUTRA) Working Papers 18814, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    3. Sichelschmidt, Henning, 1997. "Das Programm Transeuropäische Netze der EU - ein sinnvolles Konzept für den Verkehr von morgen?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 1738, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    4. Stehn, Jürgen, 2002. "Leitlinien einer ökonomischen Verfassung für Europa," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 2856, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Rudloff, Bettina, 2002. "Agrarumweltpolitik nach dem Subsidiaritätsprinzip - Föderalismustheoretische Grundlagen zur Politikgestaltung," German Journal of Agricultural Economics, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Department for Agricultural Economics, vol. 51(05), pages 1-10.
    6. Stehn, Jürgen, 1997. "Deepening and widening of the EU: a contradiction?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 2818, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    7. Stehn, Jürgen, 2004. "Wettbewerbsaufsicht in der EU: Zentralisierung oder Dezentralisierung?," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy 3373, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    8. Sichelschmidt, H., 1999. "The EU programme "trans-European networks"--a critical assessment," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 169-181, July.

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