The political economy of regionalism

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The political economy of regionalism

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S. Goyal ()
K. Staal () (FEW-Econometrie en besliskunde)

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Sanjeev Goyal

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We examine the incentives of regions in a country to unite or to separate. We find that smaller regions have greater incentives to unite, relative to larger regions. We show, however, that on the whole, majority voting on separation and union generates excessive incentives to separate. This leads us to examine the scope of alternative political insititutions and rules in overcoming the potential inefficciency. Our paper also provides a wide range of examples to illustrate the different instituions used in actual practice to resolve such problems.

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Paper provided by Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute in its series Econometric Institute Report with number 180.

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- Goyal, Sanjeev & Staal, Klaas, 2004. "The political economy of regionalism," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(3), pages 563-593, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Sanjeev Goyal & Klaas Staal, 2000. "The Political Economy of Regionalism," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 0287, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
- Sanjeev Goyal & Klaas Staal, 2000. "The Political Economy of Regionalism," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 00-014/1, Tinbergen Institute. [Downloadable!]

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NEP-ALL-2000-01-31 (All new papers)
NEP-CDM-2000-01-31 (Collective Decision-Making)
NEP-PBE-2000-01-31 (Public Economics)
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