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Federalism Trends in Switzerland

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In the NZZ, Sean Müller und Paolo Dardanelli report about long-term trends in the Swiss federalist structure. Legislation has become more centralized. Implementation less so. Cantons increasingly implement federal legislation. But decentralized authority to collect taxes has remained largely in place. Figure from the NZZ:

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In the NZZ, Sean Müller und Paolo Dardanelli report about long-term trends in the Swiss federalist structure.

  • Legislation has become more centralized.
  • Implementation less so. Cantons increasingly implement federal legislation.
  • But decentralized authority to collect taxes has remained largely in place.

Figure from the NZZ:

Federalism Trends in Switzerland

Dirk Niepelt
Dirk Niepelt is Director of the Study Center Gerzensee and Professor at the University of Bern. A research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London), CESifo (Munich) research network member and member of the macroeconomic committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik, he served on the board of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics and was an invited professor at the University of Lausanne as well as a visiting professor at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University.

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