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Philippe De Donder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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voting under the threat of Secession accommodation vs repression
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Vincent Anesi, Philippe De DonderAbstract:We build a model of Secession crises where voters may wish to accommodate the minority to prevent Secession. We show the existence of a majority voting equilibrium with a government’s type biased in favor of the minority. We propose a measure of Secession risk and perform the comparative static analysis of the equilibrium policy location and of the Secession risk with respect to the cultural distinctiveness of the two regions, the relative weight attached by voters to economic factors, the relative size of the minority region, the probability that a Secession attempt is successful, and the intra-regional heterogeneity of preferences.
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voting under the threat of Secession accommodation vs repression
Research Papers in Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Vincent Anesi, Philippe De DonderAbstract:We build a simple model of Secession crises where a majority of voters may wish to accommodate the minority in order to prevent a Secession attempt. We first show the existence of a majority voting equilibrium, where the median voter is decisive and most prefers a government’s type that is biased in favor of the minority. We then propose a measure of the Secession risk at equilibrium and perform the comparative static analysis of the equilibrium policy location and of the Secession risk with respect to several parameters: the cultural distinctiveness of the two regions, the relative weight attached by voters to economic (centripetal) -as opposed to (centrifugal) ideological- factors, the relative size of the minority region, the (exogenous) probability that a Secession attempt is successful, and the intra-regional heterogeneity of preferences.
Shlomo Weber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the art of making everybody happy how to prevent a Secession
Research Papers in Economics, 2003Co-Authors: Michel Le Breton, Shlomo WeberAbstract:In this paper we examine compensation schemes that prevent a threat of Secession by all country's regions. We prove that, under quite general assumptions on the distribution of citizens' preferences, there exist transfer schemes that are Secession-proof. Moreover, we show that these compensation schemes entail a degree of partial equalization among the regions: the gap between advantageous regions has to be reduced but it should never be completely eliminated. We demonstrate that in the case of a uniform distribution of the nation citizens', the Secession-proof conditions generate the 50% compensation rule for disadvantageous regions. JEL Classification Numbers: D70, H20, H73
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the art of making everybody happy how to prevent a Secession
Social Science Research Network, 2001Co-Authors: Michel Le Breton, Shlomo WeberAbstract:In this paper we consider a model of the country with heterogeneous population and examine compensation schemes that may prevent a threat of Secession by dissatisfied regions. We show that horizontal imbalances are combatable with Secession-proof compensation schemes that entail a degree of partial equalization: the disadvantageous regions should be subsidized but the burden on advantageous regions should not be too excessive. In the case of uniform distribution, we establish the 50-percent compensation rule for disadvantageous regions. Thus, we argue for a limited gap reduction between advantageous and disadvantageous regions and show that neither laissezfaire nor Rawlsian allocation is Secession-proof.
Jean Leclair - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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legality legitimacy decisionism and federalism an analysis of the supreme court of canada s reasoning in reference re Secession of quebec 1998
Social Science Research Network, 2019Co-Authors: Jean LeclairAbstract:In 1998, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its now world famous decision concerning certain questions relating to the Secession of Quebec from Canada. The nine justices unanimously held that a clear majority vote in Quebec on a clear question in favour of Secession would confer democratic legitimacy on the Secession initiative, and that the other participants would then be duty bound to engage in discussions to address this attempt to radically change the constitutional order. This decision was held up as a success by both the separatists and those opposed to Secession. However, as this paper attempts to demonstrate, at the end of the day, politicians were, in some fashion, the losers, for the true winners were the members of the population of both Quebec and Canada.
Marc Guinjoan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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when the context matters identity Secession and the spatial dimension in catalonia
Political Geography, 2018Co-Authors: Toni Rodon, Marc GuinjoanAbstract:Abstract Regional and national identities are significant determinants of people's support for Secession. Most previous works, however, have implicitly assumed that national identity has a linear unconditional effect. We complement previous works by showing that the relationship between identity and support for Secession changes as a function of the context in which an individual interacts, an effect particularly important among those with mixed national and regional identities. The first stage of our empirical analysis is based on a pool of 22,000 individuals in the context of Catalonia (Spain). Findings confirm that dual-identity individuals are especially affected by their immediate surroundings: the probability to vote in favour of independence among them substantially increases when the percentage of people speaking Catalan increases. On a second stage, we explore the existence of a social interaction mechanism by employing a survey that measures the preferences of people's close networks. We show that individual's interaction in like-minded networks modifies the relationship between identity and Secession, with the effect being again strong among dual-identity individuals. This group is six times more likely to vote for Secession when having only pro-Secession close contacts, as compared to having none. These results have implications for studies on regionalism and preferences for territorial decentralization.
Marko Stermsek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the economics of Secession analysing the economic impact of the collapse of the former yugoslavia
Social Science Research Network, 2014Co-Authors: Andres Rodriguezpose, Marko StermsekAbstract:This paper looks at the economic impact of Secession through the lens of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. It uses an econometric analysis covering the period between 1956 and 2011 including a series of factors linked to the independence process, socioeconomic and structural controls, and the level of development in order to assess whether a) breaking away from the former Yugoslavia delivered an independence dividend to the newly independent countries and whether b) independence had a more favourable impact in richer, rather than poorer territories. The results of the analysis underline that there has been no favourable economic impact of Secession and that how Secession was achieved is key in understanding the subsequent economic performance of the newly independent countries. In cases of Secession without conflict, independence did not have a noticeable impact on ensuing economic performance. Secession achieved by conflict, by contrast, seriously dented growth prospects.
