The Political Economy of Bilateralism and Multilateralism: Institutional Choice in International Trade and Taxation

Rixen, Thomas; Rohlfing, Ingo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2677540

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“…In general interdependence introduces incentives for multilateralism, but these might vary with the configuration of state interests and the nature of the co‐operation problem. Where there are common interests in the enforcement of generalized rules, and where distributional issues are less acute, multilateral institutions can be expected to predominate (Rixen and Rohlfing, 2005, pp. 3, 22).…”

Section: Institutionalizing Interdependencementioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Co-operation in the Wider Europe: Institutionalizing Interdependence

Padgett

2011

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

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The EU's response to concerns about energy security is to diversify sources of supply and delivery routes. To this end it seeks to engage potential energy partners across the wider Europe in an institutionalized regime based on the norms of the internal market. This article uses regime theory to evaluate the viability of the strategy. From this perspective, the willingness of the EU's partners to make commitments to institutionalized co-operation will depend on two sets of variables: their interests in resolving the co-operation problems that arise across the energy supply chain; and the 'pull' of the EU in relation to countervailing hegemonic powers in the region. The research tests this argument by examining the co-operation interests of energy consumers, transit countries and producers, and the architecture of emerging institutions in the respective regional contexts. It finds that while energy consumers and transit countries in the EU's immediate neighbourhood are prepared to commit to binding multilateral institutions, co-operation with energy producers is constrained by asymmetries of interest and regional geopolitics, and is likely to take the form of more flexible bilateral agreements.

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Section: Institutionalizing Interdependencementioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Co-operation in the Wider Europe: Institutionalizing Interdependence

Padgett

2011

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

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“…It is still in place today. The dominant role of national fiscal authorities notwithstanding, the institutionalization of the international tax regime has progressed, and the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs has become the most prominent multilateral forum for international tax policy matters (Rixen and Rohlfing 2005). Participation has widened to non-OECD member countries and to the private sector, which is represented in the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC).…”

Section: Electronic Commerce and The Transformation Of The Internatiomentioning

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Governing the Internet: The Quest for Legitimate and Effective Rules

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Hofmann²,

Leib³

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Transforming the Golden-Age Nation State

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“…Why the tax treaty regime is still organized bilaterally although, as many argue, a multilateral regime would be much more efficient and effective is, in itself, an interesting question. 25 Still, there can be no doubt that the spread of this regime is a reaction to the increased coordination needs of national tax administrations in a globalized economy.…”

Section: International Cooperationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Globalization and the transformation of the tax state

Genschel¹

2005

Transformations of the State?

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How does globalization affect taxation? The academic wisdom is split on this question. Some argue that globalization spells the beginning of the end of the national tax state, while others maintain that it hardly constrains tax policy choices at all. This paper comes down in the middle. It finds no indication that globalization will fatally undermine the national tax state, but still maintains that national tax policy is affected in a major way. The effect is not so much to force change upon the tax state as to reduce its freedom for change. Comparing the first three decades of the 20th century to the last three decades, it is remarkable how much change and innovation there was then and how much incrementalism and stasis there is today.

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The Political Economy of Bilateralism and Multilateralism: Institutional Choice in International Trade and Taxation

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Energy Co-operation in the Wider Europe: Institutionalizing Interdependence

Energy Co-operation in the Wider Europe: Institutionalizing Interdependence

Governing the Internet: The Quest for Legitimate and Effective Rules

Globalization and the transformation of the tax state

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