American “we-do-federalism-right” triumphalism. In the United States, as in Europe, subordinate governments are beset by … governments. That commitment was once the glory of American federalism. Over the past decade, however, the no-bailout commitment … has effectively collapsed. Its demise entails fundamental changes in American federalism, none of them encouraging. After …

responsibility over all federal items. Three further key elements are the subsidiarity principle, federalism and the secession right …

hesitated between two forms of federalism. We use an agency framework and demonstrate that before the landmark cases Van Gend en …. Afterwards, the institutional structure of the Union evolves towards a more centralised federalism but still shows lasting …

antitrust and EU competition law by (selectively) including state antitrust laws as well as laws that pursue objectives …

federalism". Basic ideas and some insights of this theory are discussed with regard to the appropriate "federal" allocation of … competencies it is argued that traditional economic theories of federalism should be complemented by contract-theoretic and … transaction-cost-political approaches. There has been some progress in recent years in developing such a "new economic theory of …

systems must adapt to meet changing circumstances. The process of adaptation involves both pushing federalism's boundaries in …