secession
The economics of secession: a review of legal, theoretical, and empirical aspects
Author / Creator: Thierry Madiès
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2018
Economic theory shows that the decision for a region to remain in a country (or a union) or to secede results from a trade-off between the benefits of being part of a large country, and the costs associated with more heterogeneity. Literature confirms the importance of these trade-offs and shows that decentralization may be effective to accommodate secessionist conflicts only if certain conditions are fulfilled.
For freedom alone: Secession after the Scottish referendum
Author / Creator: Timothy William Waters
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
The UK is the rare country that accepts the possibility of its own division. Great Britain's acquiescence made Scottish secession possible. The pathways of Scottish secession have been an internal UK affair.
Scotland, Secession, and the European Union
Author / Creator: Sionaidh Douglas-Scott
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
Scotland not be forced to leave the EU against its will.