FOCJ: Competitive governments for Europe

Frey, Bruno S.; Eichenberger, Reiner

doi:10.1016/0144-8188(96)00019-1

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“…26 These socalled FOCJ, also proposed by Frey (1996) and Casella and Frey (1992), are essentially the same as the regional bodies proposed by Knutsen (1992). Unlike Knutsen (1992) and Hausken and Knutsen (2002), Frey (1996) does not propose a specific creation mechanism which is one purpose of this article.…”

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“…As shown by Knutsen (1992) there is no conflict between these regional bodies and the mechanisms for creation of governmental units proposed in this article. That being said, while Frey (1996) elaborates on Knutsen (1992) in the context of why competing units ought to be established, Frey's article does not, in sufficient detail, establish how this should be accomplished.…”

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“…Unlike Knutsen (1992) and Hausken and Knutsen (2002), Frey (1996) does not propose a specific creation mechanism which is one purpose of this article. As shown by Knutsen (1992) there is no conflict between these regional bodies and the mechanisms for creation of governmental units proposed in this article.…”

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An Enabling Mechanism for the Creation, Adjustment, and Dissolution of States and Governmental Units

Hausken

Knutsen²

2010

Economics

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The article proposes an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of governmental units, giving autonomy to each individual as in a direct democracy. The mechanism is designed such that Pareto optimality is possible, in contrast to earlier models which make various assumptions such as majority voting. Individuals are taken seriously acknowledging that they are best equipped to find their own solutions. The emphasis is on the practical approach of how individuals discover and implement their subjective preferences and how this discovery and implementation process can be facilitated and corresponding costs lowered. Governmental units are subjected to some of the same market forces as business firms. This brings the interaction between governmental units closer to a market structure, and serves to eliminate or reduce many of the coercive elements of government. Special issueGlobal Governance-Challenges and Proposals for Reform JEL H4, H5, H11

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An Enabling Mechanism for the Creation, Adjustment, and Dissolution of States and Governmental Units

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Knutsen²

2010

Economics

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“…The same holds for the decentralization of political decisions in traditional federalism and newer forms (such as e.g. FOCJ, see Frey and Eichenberger 1999). These constitutional rules lead to more fully informed and active citizens (as empirically shown by Benz and Stutzer 2004), and to more confident citizens 8 who are better able to resist government manipulations.…”

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Tullock challenges: happiness, revolutions, and democracy

Frey

2011

Public Choice

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Gordon Tullock has been one of the most important founders and contributors to Public Choice. Two innovations are typical "Tullock Challenges". The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second relates to digital social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or to some extent Google. Both innovations lead to strong incentives by the governments to manipulate the policy consequences. In general "What is important, will be manipulated by the government". To restrain government manipulation one has to turn to Constitutional Economics and increase the possibilities for direct popular participation and federalism, or introduce random mechanisms. (99 words)

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“…12 23 12 Casella and Frey (1992) and Frey and Eichenberger (1996) analyze the welfare implications of overlapping jurisdictions which, as noted, tends to imply asymmetric forms of federalism.…”

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Asymmetric Federalism and the Political Economy of Decentralization

Congleton

2006

Handbook of Fiscal Federalism

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FOCJ: Competitive governments for Europe

Cited by 133 publications

References 13 publications

An Enabling Mechanism for the Creation, Adjustment, and Dissolution of States and Governmental Units

An Enabling Mechanism for the Creation, Adjustment, and Dissolution of States and Governmental Units

Tullock challenges: happiness, revolutions, and democracy

Asymmetric Federalism and the Political Economy of Decentralization

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