Kosten der Kleinheit und die Föderalismusdebatte in der Schweiz

Kersten Kellermann

No 3, KOFL Working Papers from Konjunkturforschungsstelle Liechtenstein (KOFL), Vaduz

Abstract: This paper discusses the smallness of subsidiary jurisdictions as a third dimension of centrality, besides vertical centrality and fragmentation (horizontal centrality). A panel analysis concerning all 26 Swiss cantons (from 1990 to 2003) shows that public expenditure per-capita increases with the number of inhabitants of a canton. This holds for the aggregate expenditure level and for 6 expenditure categories of the Government Finance Statistics. The positive elasticity of per-capita expenditure with respect to population size can be understood as an indicator for increasing government failure in jurisdictions with bigger population size.

Keywords: Kosten der Kleinheit; Skaleneffekte; Dezentralität; Einwohnerelastizität; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Föderalismus; Leviathan-Hypothese (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H40 H72 H77 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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