In recent decades, the issues of federalism and political integration have gained prominence in public debate as well … as in the academic realm. A frequently made point is that allowing free secession may protect the minority’s interests … unattractive for the minority region. In contrast, limiting the secession possibilities by requiring the consent of a majority of …

This paper looks at the economic impact of secession through the lens of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia … there has been no favourable economic impact of secession and that how secession was achieved is key in understanding the … subsequent economic performance of the newly independent countries. In cases of secession without conflict, independence did not …

determining the likelihood of secession and unification. We provide empirical support for choosing genetic distances as a proxy of … the regions prone to secession and the countries that are more likely to merge. Our framework is further applied to …

number influenced by local business groups. Our findings have implications for the literatures on federalism and on …

decentralized allocation process. We show the potential existence of a poverty trap as a result of fiscal federalism. …

This paper studies fiscal federalism when regions differ in voters’ ability to monitor public officials. We develop a …