Aggregate scale economies, market integration, and optimal welfare state policy
Using a two-sector–two-country model with aggregate scale economies and unionisation, we show that optimal welfare state policy entails positive levels of unemployment benefits under free-trade and capital mobility. In this setting, economic integration does not reduce the revenue raising capacity o...
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Volume: | 69 |
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Main Author: |
Molana, Hassan
Montagna, Catia |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
Zielgruppe: |
Academic |
Place of publication: |
Elsevier B.V 2006 Elsevier Elsevier Science Publishers |
published in: | Journal of international economics Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 321 - 340 |
Data of publication: | 2006 |
ISSN: |
0022-1996 1873-0353 |
EISSN: |
1873-0353 |
Discipline: | Economics Business |
Series: |
Journal of International Economics |
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Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
Database: | RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS |