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Apolte, Thomas

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“…Within the union, the right of secession is a substitute for migration. However, even if the right of secession is extended to political subunits, it is always a collective and not an individual right [Apolte (1997)]. A complete dissolution of states is neither desirable nor practicable.…”

Section: Mobility and The Right Of Secessionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The remaining member states, however, can use side payments to prevent states from secession [see Bordignon and Brusco (2001) on transfers (to maintain the union) in optimal secessions contracts]. Apolte (1997) has already pointed out that there is a fundamental difference between the individual right of emigration and the collective right of secession. While the former unambiguously increases the degree of individual freedom, the latter may reduce it.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…After secession, states may oppress minorities that are better protected by the union as a whole provided that, because of regional dispersion, minorities cannot also protect themselves by secession [see Castellino (1999)]. Moreover, small unitary states lack an additional level of government that is able to reduce the power of the primary level of government [Apolte (1997)]. However, since the coexistence of several tiers of government may very well increase the overall tax burden due to a fiscal common pool problem and, therefore, may reduce individual freedom [see, among others, Wrede (1996)], the loss of an additional level of government is not clearly to the disadvantage of voters.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The remaining part of the paper takes the skeptical remarks of Apolte (1997) on the difference between individual and collective freedom as a starting point and proceeds to evaluate the right of secession with particular emphasis on the mobility of citizens. The interaction of secession and mobility has often been neglected in previous studies.…”

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Mobility, Secession and Discrimination

Wrede

2004

Public Finance and Management

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On the one hand, the right of independent secession protects single states from exploitation by the majority of states or by the entire union. on the other hand, it enables majorities in these states to discriminate after secession against ethnic, religious and political minorities which are better protected in the union as a whole. Therefore, the right of secession is a group right which possibly limits individual rights. Even if the individual right of emigration is guaranteed independently of membership, the right to secede from the union may limit the economic success of an economic and political union provided that it frightens minorities and, therefore, reduces mobility, country specific investment and productivity.

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Section: Mobility and The Right Of Secessionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wrede

2004

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Optimal secession rules

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Brusco

2001

European Economic Review

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Prison or Voluntary Cooperation? The Possibility of Withdrawal from the European Union

Berglund

2006

Scand Pol Stud

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Can a Member State choose to leave the European Union (EU)? Are there provisions in the Treaties that establish a right to withdraw? What would the political and economic implications be? In this article, these questions are addressed. In a first step, the Treaties of the EU and the provisions of international law are consulted in order to clarify if a legal right to withdraw exists. The conclusion is that there is no guaranteed legal right to withdraw in the current situation, but the entering into force of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe would create such a right. However, a formal right to withdraw does not necessarily mean that leaving the EU is a real option, and therefore the political and economic sides of the issue are also examined. From the literature on secession and Europeanization, a number of issues that could arise in a case of withdrawal are identified – namely ‘fear of fragmentation’, ‘lost investment’, ‘costs’ and ‘the effects of Europeanization’. The extent to which these issues were of importance is examined in the only existing case of withdrawal: Greenland. Subsequently, an assessment is made of the extent to which these issues could form obstacles for a Member State that wishes to withdraw in the current situation. The main conclusion is that large economic costs and the constitutional changes that follow from EU membership could rule out withdrawal as a realistic option.

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Cited by 10 publications

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Mobility, Secession and Discrimination

Mobility, Secession and Discrimination

Optimal secession rules

Prison or Voluntary Cooperation? The Possibility of Withdrawal from the European Union

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