Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85696 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 00-014/1
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We examine the incentives of regions in a country to unite or toseparate. We find that smaller regions have greater incentives tounite, relative to larger regions. We show, however, that on thewhole, majority voting on separation and union generates excessiveincentives to separate. This leads us to examine the scope ofalternative political institutions and rules in overcoming thepotential inefficiency. Our paper also provides a wide range ofexamples to illustrate the different institutions used in actualpractice to resolve such problems.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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