Double jeopardy: Globalization, liberalization and the fiscal squeeze

Globalization and the Fiscal Autonomy of the State

“…Countries that had the lowest initial levels of tax revenue relative to GDP also fared the worst in terms of successfully introducing the VAT or other reforms in fiscal structure as well as in generating additional revenues. This holds the important lesson that "programs designed to raise revenue over time in low- 13 The fiscal impact of trade liberalization documented in this paper illustrates the "double jeopardy" to public finance that globalization threatens (Grunberg, 1998). …”

Global Economic Influences and Policies towards Violent Self-Determination Movements: An Overview

“…(Rodrik 1997) Grunberg 1998Murshed 2001). In addition, the role of the private sector and NGOs in service delivery has increased and that of government diminished with the advance of a market model of service delivery.…”

Economic Integration, Tax Erosion, and Decentralisation: An Empirical Analysis

“…The economic literature that investigates the impact of international tax competition on public finance variables mainly suggests that economic integration may introduce constraints on national public policies (among many, [1][2][3]). 1 In these cases, however, the public sector is usually considered as a monolithic entity and the impact of economic integration is analysed as if states were organised on a unitary basis.…”

“…1 In these cases, however, the public sector is usually considered as a monolithic entity and the impact of economic integration is analysed as if states were organised on a unitary basis. On the other hand, those studies that investigate the link between decentralisation and government size rarely consider that economic integration can affect the vertical structure of the public sector, dealing with this issue as if states were closed 2 .…”

“…* Corresponding author. 1 In what follows, we will use the terms "economic integration" and "economic openness" interchangeably, to mean a country's exposure to foreign trade and financial flows. 2 A notable exception to this artificial division of interests is [4], who finds (among EU countries) that greater economic integration may be positively associated to a greater decentralisation through the increasing demand for productive local public goods that would be stimulated by economic openness.…”