TY - BOOK
T1 - Is devolution good for the Scottish economy? A framework for analysis
AU - Ashcroft, B.K.
AU - McGregor, P.G.
AU - Swales, J.K.
AU - ESRC: Economic and Research Council (Funder)
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This briefing sets out a framework for addressing the question: Is devolution good for
the Scottish economy? We are currently implementing the approach and shall report
the results in due course.
We begin with two observations.
Economic issues were clearly not the sole, or even the primary, motivation for
Scottish devolution. However, given the current priority given to the decentralised delivery of policies to improve productivity the effect is of
considerable interest.
Devolution being 'good for the Scottish economy' is not necessarily the same
thing as being 'good for the Scottish people'. If, for example, Scotland
wanted to become 'greener', this could imply a desire for slower growth than
in the rest of the UK.
We set out below the aggregate effects and the specific mechanisms through which
devolution might be expected to impact on the economy.
AB - This briefing sets out a framework for addressing the question: Is devolution good for
the Scottish economy? We are currently implementing the approach and shall report
the results in due course.
We begin with two observations.
Economic issues were clearly not the sole, or even the primary, motivation for
Scottish devolution. However, given the current priority given to the decentralised delivery of policies to improve productivity the effect is of
considerable interest.
Devolution being 'good for the Scottish economy' is not necessarily the same
thing as being 'good for the Scottish people'. If, for example, Scotland
wanted to become 'greener', this could imply a desire for slower growth than
in the rest of the UK.
We set out below the aggregate effects and the specific mechanisms through which
devolution might be expected to impact on the economy.
KW - scotland
KW - devolution
KW - economy
UR - http://www.devolution.ac.uk/pdfdata/Briefing%2026%20-%20McGregor.pdf
M3 - Other report
BT - Is devolution good for the Scottish economy? A framework for analysis
ER -