-European super-grid. However, this view neglects i) the factual heterogeneity of European energy policies in terms of harmonization … and centralization, ii) economic arguments in favor of decentralization and iii) legal as well as political …-economic obstacles against centralization of decision making. In this vain, we point out that a plea for a stronger role of the EU needs …

The paper tries to shed some light on the problems of centralization and decentralization within an economic union and …

This paper analyses policy centralization outcomes in a two-jurisdiction model of public good provision choices with … referendum and representative democracy. We show that policy centralization is more likely to occur if the choice to centralize … preferred level of the jurisdiction that least favours centralization, rather than to a compromise between the two jurisdictions …

We propose and test a positive model of fiscal federalism in which centralization is less likely to occur in … jurisdictions with referendum decisions on policy cen-tralization. Citizens choose centralization of public spending and revenue in … representative democracy, centralization is ineffi-ciently high because representatives can extract political rents by policy …

transboundary and countries are identical in every way. Harmonization effectively internalizes the transboundary aspects of … regulation to examine these competing effects. We find that whether harmonization makes politically motivated governments prefer …

This paper analyzes the relationship between the size of an economic union and the degree of policy centralization. We … consider a political economy setting in which elected representatives bargain over the degree of centralization within the … outcome. We show that the relationship between the size of the union and centralization may be non-monotonic: Up to a certain …

This paper analyzes the relationship between the size of an economic union and the degree of policy centralization. We … consider a political economy setting in which elected representatives bargain about the degree of centralization within the … outcome. We show that the relationship between the size of the union and centralization may be non-monotonic: Up to a certain …