How much Europe? Subsidiarity, Centralization and Fiscal Competition

Hans-Werner Sinn

Scottish Journal of Political Economy 41, 1994, pp. 85-107; CESifo Working Paper No. 39, 1993. German translation: "Wieviel Brüssel braucht Europa?", Staatswissenschaften und Staatspraxis 2, 1994, pp. 155-186.

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Professor em. Hans-Werner Sinn, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and President em., Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Hans-Werner Sinn is President emeritus at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Professor at the University of Munich. He founded and governed the international CESifo research network ... Read more