-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 …

standard-setting with two means of interventionist harmonization: through centralization and through allocation of lawmaking …We study the desirability of interventionist harmonization of legal standards across multiple, mutually interdependent … delineating the scope for, and the appropriate means of, interventionist harmonization. We find that greater jurisdictional …

reflected. Principles of taxation as fundamental rules of harmonization of relations of the state and taxpayers are systematized. …