Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/115196 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
41st Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "European Regional Development Issues in the New Millennium and their Impact on Economic Policy", 29 August - 1 September 2001, Zagreb, Croatia
Publisher: 
European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Louvain-la-Neuve
Abstract: 
It has been argued, that economic integration casts serious doubts on the efficiency of welfare state policies and the ability to finance these. As integration proceeds, factors of production become more mobile and less vulnerable to local shocks, and integration at the same time results in a footloose tax base - all effects pointing to the death of the welfare state. Recent advances in European integration has especially added to the mobility of capital. Using direct investment activities as a benchmark, the present paper explores potential effects of a number of mechanisms, that may critially alter the conclusions on economic integration. These mechanisms include such aspects as risk diversification risk-shifting and elastic local returns - aspects that are vital in answering questions on the efficiency of welfare state activities and questions on the ability to finance these activities in an international setting with the potential of shifting the tax burden abroad. The results indicate that the situation may indeed be less critical for the welfare state, than expected from ''traditional" arguments.
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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