The Demise of the Nation State?

Vito Tanzi

No 1998/120, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The globalization of economic activities that is characterizing many economies raises questions about the future of the nation state. This paper discusses this trend and shows that cross-frontiers spillovers have become more frequent and have increased the need for international agreements and international organizations to deal with them. It concludes that a continuation of current trends would increase the importance of subnational government while reducing (in the economic sphere) the importance of national governments.

Keywords: WP; government; country; world government; border authorities; local government; globalization; spillovers; government role; fiscal federalism; government failure; national government; government's action; Social security contributions; Global; East Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 1998-08-01
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