Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214368 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2006-22
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
The impact of regulatory competition on policy outcomes and particularly on policy innova-tion is widely debated among scientists from different fields as well as among policymakers. In this paper, Swiss cantonal regulation is studied in order to gain further insights into the policy impact of regulatory competition and harmonization. Starting from a theoretical per-spective that particularly emphasizes the beneficial impact of inter-jurisdictional competition on policy innovations, and a discussion of the existing empirical evidence on regulatory com-petition, the development of the common market, regulatory competition and harmonization in Switzerland across time is analyzed. In an econometric analysis of the extent of regulation at the Swiss cantonal level, some indicative empirical evidence on the main determinants of Swiss cantonal regulation is derived.
Subjects: 
Regulatory Competition
Political Innovation
Corporatist Protectionism
JEL: 
H11
H71
D72
J23
K31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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