Dominant losers
A Comment on the Services Directive From an Economic Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6289549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 735-742 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501760701428225 |
| OpenAlex | W2045259274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
In this paper I take issue with the services directive, commenting on the article by Nicolaïdis and Schmidt (2007). Unrestrained services trade, I argue, would broaden competition and benefit Central Eastern and Western Europe alike, in the presence of compensating factors or in the long run. Despite the welfare-enhancing effects, the services directive did not succeed in realizing the home-country principle. Instead the host-country retains its rights with regard to freedom of establishment, to posted workers and to self-employed persons temporarily crossing European borders. For employees, moreover, abolishing the host-country rule was never considered. I explain this result drawing on Machiavelli's, Rawls' and Olson's insight that numerically few losers can successfully oppose benefits for the whole economy. Keywords: Eastern Europemutual recognitionservices directivetradeunemployment ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Susanne Schmidt for her helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article
Directive · Economics · Law and economics · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Public economics · Computer Science · Corporate Governance and Law · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2018 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |