Are the western welfare states still competitive?

Alfred Pfaller

Intereconomics – Review of European Economic Policy (1966 - 1988), 1987, vol. 22, issue 3, 112-119

Abstract: Is there a contradiction between international competitiveness and the central principles of the welfare state? The following article examines both the negative and the positive ways in which welfare statism can affect a country’s ability to compete on international markets.

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Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/BF02932231

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