Recent theoretical publications:

 

How uncertainty about outside options impedes international cooperation by J. Urpelainen (2011, International Theory)


The creation of multi-ethnic nations with or without a core region by A. Mahmud (2010, Public Choice)

The Impact of Referendums on the Centralization of Public Goods Provision: A Political Economy Approach by J. Schnellenbach, L. Feld and C. Schaltegger (2010, Economics of Governance)

Who is against a Common Market? by G. Facchini and C. Testa (2009, Journal of the European Economic Association)

Interregional Disparities in Productivity and the Choice of Fiscal Regime by K. Terai (2009, Journal of Public Economic Theory)

The Effects of Economic and Political Integration on Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence from OECD Countries by D. Stegarescu (2009, Canadian Journal of Economics)

Estimating the Effect of Nonseparable Preferences in Eu Treaty Negotiations by D. Finke (2009, Journal of Theoretical Politics)

Self-Defeating Subsidiarity by E. Carbonara, B. Luppi and F. Parisi (2009, Review of Law & Economics)

EU Budget Reform Options and the Common Pool Problem by S. Osterloh, F. Heinemann and P. Mohl (2009, Public Finance and Management)

The Euro at Ten. Achievement and Challenges by P. De Grauwe (2009, Empirica)

Federations, Coalitions, and Risk Diversification by S.H. Chiang and A. Mahmud (2008, Public Choice)

Gradualism and Uncertainty in International Union Formation by N. Konstantinidis (2008, Review of International Organizations)

Voting, Lobbying, and the Decentralization Theorem by B. Lockwood (2008, Economics & Politics)

Do Side Payments Help? Collective Decisions and Strategic Delegation by B. Harstad (2008, Journal of the European Economic Association)

Revisiting the “Decentralization Theorem”. On the Role of Externalities by M. Kothenburger (2008, Journal of Urban Economics)

Rent-seeking, Spillovers and the Benefits of Decentralization by G. Cheikbossian (2008, Journal of Urban Economics)

Centralisation versus Decentralisation of Public Policies: Does the Heterogeneity of Individual Preferences Matter? by C. Mazzaferro and A. Zanardi (2008, Fiscal Studies)

Corporate Income Taxation and the Subsidiarity Principle by F. Pouget and E. Stéclebout-Orseau (2008, in "Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe", G. Gelauf, I. Grilo and A. Lejour Editors, Springer)

Harmonization and Side Payments in Political Cooperation by B. Harstad (2007, The American Economic Review)

Public Goods in Federal Systems by C. Hafer and D. Landa (2007, Quarterly Journal of Political Science)

Flexible Cooperation? Mandatory and Minimum Participation Rules by B. Harstad (2007, Scandinavian Journal of Economics)

Printable view Public Choice Enlargement processes and distributional conflicts: The politics of discriminatory membership in the European Union by C. Schneider (2007, Public Choice)

Discriminatory European Union Membership and the Redistribution of Enlargement Gains by T. Plümper and C. J. Schneider (2007, Journal of Conflict Resolution)

Beyond the Big-Bang Enlargement of the EU: Preferences and the Need for Flexibility by J. Ahrens, M. Meurers and C. Renner (2007, Journal of European Integration)

Negotiating on Water: insights from non-cooperative bargaining theory by C. Carraro, C. Marchiori and A. Sgobbi (2007, Environment and Development Economics)

Redistribution, Decentralization and Constitutional Rules by F. Etro and P. Giarda (2007, in The Economics of Transparency in Politics, A. Breton, G. Galeotti, P. Salmon and R. Wintrobe Editors)

On Enhanced Cooperation by M. Bordignon and S. Brusco (2006, Journal of Public Economics)

A Voting Model of Federal Standards With Externalities by J. Cremer and T. R. Palfrey (2006, Journal of Public Economics)

Special Interests and the Gains from Political Integration by D. Brou and M. Ruta (2006, Economics & Politics)

Political Geography by F. Etro (2006, Public Choice)

Federal Transfers, Environmental Policy and Economic Growth by G. Economides and N. Miaouli (2006, Journal of Macroeconomics)

Between European Integration and Regional Autonomy by M. Montanari (2006, Constitutional Political Economy)

What Have we Learnt about Monetary Integration since the Maastricht Treaty? by P. De Grauwe (2006, Journal of Common Market Studies)

The Politics of EU Eastern Enlargement: Evidence from a Heckman Selection Model by T. Plümper, C. Schneider and V. Troeger (2006, British Journal of Political Science)

Economic Theories of Political (Dis)integration by M. Ruta (2005, Journal of Economic Surveys)

Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why? by X. Debrun, P. Masson and C. Pattillo (2005, Canadian Journal of Economics)

What does the European Union do? by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and L. Schuknecht (2005, Public Choice)

Why does Centralisation fail to Internalise Policy Externalities? by R. Dur and H. Roelfsema (2005, Public Choice)

On the Endogenous Allocation of Decision Powers in Federal Structures by O. Lorz and G. Willman (2005, Journal of Urban Economics)

International Unions by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and F. Etro (2005, The American Economic Review)

Small States, Large Unitary States and Federations by M. Wrede (2004, Public Choice)

Lobbying and Rent-seeking for Public Goods in a Fiscally Centralized System by G. Cheikbossian (2004, Annales d’Economie et Statistiques)

The Political Economy of Fiscal and Monetary Unions by F. Etro (2004, Giornale degli Economisti)

Pourquoi l'Europe ne Eessemble-t-elle pas à ce que Voudraient les Economistes? by J. von Hagen and J. Pisani-Ferry (2003, Revue Economique)

The State That Wasn't There: The Future of EU Institutions and Formal Models by S. Hug (2003, European Union Politics)

Distributive Politics and Federations by F. Cerniglia (2003, in "Sistemi di Welfare tra Decentramento e Integrazione Europea", D. Franco and A. Zanardi Editors)

The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? by A. Alesina (2003, Journal of the European Economic Association)

Principles of Policymaking in the European Union: An Economic Perspective by G. Tabellini (2003, CESifo Economic Studies)

International Policy Coordination with Economic Unions by F. Etro (2002, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali)

 

Related unpublished papers:

 

Enhanced Cooperation in an Asymmetric Model of Tax Competition by H. Vrijburg R. A. de Mooij (2010, Oxford University)

On the Individual Optimality of Economic Integration by R. Castro and N. Koumtingu (2009, University of Montreal)

On the Political Geometry of International Unions: A Coalition-Theoretic Approach by N. Konstantinidis (2009, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals)

The Number and Size of Nations Revisited: Endogenous border formation with non-uniform population distributions by W. Radax (2009, Vienna University of Technology)

Political Geography and Income Inequalities by F. Gregorini (2009, University of Milan, Bicocca)

Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs by D. Acemoglu, G. Egorov and K. Sonin (2008, Harvard University and M.I.T.)

Competitive Nonlinear Taxation and Constitutional Choice by M. Morelli, H. Yang and L. Ye (2008, Columbia University)

National Electorates and International Agreements by H. Kempf and S. Rossignol (2008, Université Sorbonne, Paris)

Full and Federal Integration of Asymmetric Nations by A. Ghosh, K. Meagher and E. Teo (2008, University of New South Wales, Australia)

EU Budget Reform Options and the Common Pool Problem by S. Osterloh, F. Heinemann and P. Mohl (2008, ZEW, Mannheim)

Economic Integration, Political Integration or Both? by D. Brou and M. Ruta (2007, Columbia University)

Federal Policy Elections, Local Politics by M. Dorsch (2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Enlargement vs. Deepening: The Trade-off Facing Economic Unions by O. Lorz and G. Willmann (2007, Catholic University of Leuven)

Dual Provision of Public Goods in Democracy by C. Lulfesmann (2007, Simon Fraser University)

Multiple Membership and Federal Structures by M. Le Breton, V. Makarov, A. Savvateev and S. Weber (2007, Université de Toulouse)

Will a regional Block Enlarge? by G. Albertin (2007, International Monetary Fund)

On the Optimal Size of Integration Areas by T. Apolte (2007, University of Munster)

Why Lisbon Fails. On the Political Constraints to Growth in an Economic Union by M. Ruta (2007, European University Institute)

Political Geography and Income Distribution by F. Gregorini (2007, University of Milan, Bicocca)

Secession Threats and Lognormal Income Distribution by F. Gregorini (2007, University of Milan, Bicocca)

Public Goods, Endogeneous Coalitions and Asymmetric Externalities by S. Cochinard, M. Focault and G. Rota Graziosi (2007, Sorbonne, Paris)

Bicameral Bargaining and Federation Formation by R. Hickey (2007, Simon Fraser University)

Decentralized Majority Voting on the Provision of Public Goods by C. She (2007, National University of Taiwan)

Fiscal Decentralization, Electoral Accountability, and Fiscal Uniformity by J. Hindriks and B. Lockwood (2006, University of Warwick)

Why do Differences in the Degree of Fiscal Decentralization Endure? by X. Calsamiglia, T. Garcia-Milà and T. McGuire (2006, Northwestern Universit)

Federations, Constitutions, and Bargaining by A. Kessler, C. Lulfesmann and G. Myers (2006, Simon Fraser University)

Dealing with Country Diversity: Challenges for the IMF Coinsurance Model by G. Irwin, A. Penalver, C. Salmon and A. Taylor (2006, London School of Economics)

On the Benefits of (De)centralization by M. Kothenburger (2006, CES, University of Munich)

Fiscal Federalism and Lobbying by M. Bordignon, L. Colombo and U. Galmarini (2006, CESifo # 1017)

Lobbying for Decentralization by M. Ruta (2006, European University Institute )

Country Size and Publicly Provided Goods by K. Staal (2006, University of Bonn)

Trade and Harmonization: If your institutions are good, does it matter if they are different? by R. Islam and A. Reshef (2006, New York University)

Federations and International Organizations by C. Rector (2006, George Washington University)

Provincial Protectionism by E. Sonin (2005, Princeton University)

Heterogeneity and Coordination Externalities in Federal Systems by A. Loeper (2005, Universitè de Sciences Sociales de Toulouse)

Income Inequality and the Size of the Public Sector by M. Giuranno (2005, University of Essex)

What’s wrong with Delegation? International Unions and the Determinant of Success of Special Interest Politics by F. Pouget (2004, University of Paris Dauphine)

National Sovereignty in an Interdependent World by K. Bagwell and R. Staiger (2004, Columbia University)

Endogenous Strategic Issue Linkage in International Negotiation by C. Carraro and C. Marchiori (2003, University of Venice )

International Fiscal Unions by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and F. Etro (2003, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, DP 2001)

Institutional Rules for Federations by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and F. Etro (2001, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, DP 1940)

The Political Economy of International Unions by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and F. Etro (2001, Harvard Institute of Economic Research, DP 1939)

 

Related empirical papers:

 

Building Strategic Capacity: the political underpinnings of coordinated wage bargaining by J. Ahlquist (2010, American Political Science Review)

Enabling harmonization Business actors and the eastern enlargement of the EU by C. Koutalakis (2010, Acta Politica)

The European Union and the Member States: An Empirical Analysis of Europeans’ preferences by F. Cerniglia and L. Pagani (2009, CESifo Economic Studies)

Beyond the Big-Bang Enlargement of the EU: Preferences and the Need for Flexibility by J. Ahrens, M. Meurers and C. Renner (2007, Journal of European Integration)

Between European Integration and Regional Autonomy by M. Montanari (2006, Constitutional Political Economy)

European Public Finances: Much Ado About Nothing? by L. Feld (2006, in Handbook of Public Administration and Policy in the European Union, Edited by M. Peter van der Hoek, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why? by X. Debrun, P. Masson and C. Pattillo (2005, Canadian Journal of Economics)

What does the European Union do? by A. Alesina, I. Angeloni and L. Schuknecht (2005, Public Choice)

The Internal Value of External Options: How the EU Shapes the Scope of Regulatory Reforms in Transition Countries by W. Mattli and T. Plumper (2004, European Union Politics)

Costs, Preferences and Institutions: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Government Decentralization by D. Stegarescu (2005)

Government Debt Spillovers in a Federation by S. Landon and C. Smith (2005)

Heterogeneity in Individual Preferences for Public Expenditure: What Suggestions for the Assignment of Competencies to the EU? by C. Mazzaferro and A. Zanardi (2004)

Administrative Decentralization versus Fiscal Federalism. Some remarks based on the Italian and European Countries' evidence by R. Malizia and E. Tassa (2004)

Revisiting the Stability and Growth Pact: Grand Design or Internal Adjustment? by M. Buti, S. Eijffinger and D. Franco (2003)

Surveys:

Fiscal Decentralization: A Political Economy Perspective by B. Lockwood (2005, in Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, E. Ahamad and G. Brosio Eds, Edward Elgar)

Economic Theories of Political (Dis)integration by M. Ruta (2005, Journal of Economic Surveys)

Joseph Schumpeter Lecture. The Size of Countries: Does it Matter? by A. Alesina (2003, Journal of the European Economic Association)

Strategies of Flexible Integration and Enlargement of the European Union. A Club-Theoretical and Constitutional Economics Perspective by M. Wohlgemuth and C. Brandi (2006)

On Monetary and Political Unions by P. Degrauwe (2006)

Institutional aspects of EU organization: an Economic Analysis by M. Bordignon (2005)

 

Related books:

SUBSIDIARITY AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN EUROPE Edited by G. Gelauf, I. Grilo and A. Lejour (2008, Springer)

THE ECONOMICS OF TRANSPARENCY IN POLITICS Edited by A. Breton, G. Galeotti, P. Salmon and R. Wintrobe (2007, Ashgate Press)

DECENTRALISED GOVERNMENT IN AN INTEGRATING WORLD by D. Stegarescu (2006, Springer) 

ESSAYS ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION by M. Montanari (2006, PhD Dissertation, University of Bologna)

VOTING, PUBLIC GOODS AND VIOLENCE by K. Staal (2006, PhD Dissertation, Tinbergen Institute)

THE FUTURE OF EUROPE by A. Alesina and F. Giavazzi (2006, MIT Press). See also A. Alesina on Europe (2006, NBER)

THE SIZE OF NATIONS by A. Alesina and E. Spolaore (2003, MIT Press)

THE EUROPEAN REPUBLIC. Reflections on the Political Economy of a Future Constitution by S. Collignon (2003, Bertelsmann Foundation & Federal Trust)