Autor según el artículo: Flamand S
Departamento: Economia
Autor/es de la URV: Flamand, Sabine Charlotte M
Palabras clave: Size Secession Political-economy Number Inequality Heterogeneity Government Fiscal decentralization Ethnic-conflict Decentralization Conflict Autonomy
Resumen: © 2019 Elsevier B.V. We study secessionist conflict driven by cultural and economic motives in a political union of two regions, and analyze under what conditions partial decentralization may serve as a conflict-mitigating strategy. While the probability of a successful secession is increasing in heterogeneity, it is increasing in interregional income inequality if and only if the union is socially efficient to start with. If the cost of diversity decreases proportionally with decentralization, there always exists a range of decentralization levels compatible with peace. Greater inequality always widens this range but greater heterogeneity widens the range if and only if the union is efficient. The decentralization level implemented to prevent conflict relates to the underlying secession probability. If decentralization is not reversible, peace is not self-enforcing, yet multiple rounds of decentralization can be used to postpone the eventual date of secession.
Áreas temáticas: Sociologia i política Political sciences and international relations Political science and international relations Political science Economics and econometrics Economics Economia Ciencias sociales Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
ISSN: 01762680
Direcció de correo del autor: sabine.flamand@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-2124-4592
Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176268017305463
URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: European Journal Of Political Economy. 59 (59): 159-178
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Flamand S (2019). Partial decentralization as a way to prevent secessionist conflict. European Journal Of Political Economy, 59(59), 159-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.02.007
DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.02.007
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2019
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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