Shlomo Weber

TL;DR: This paper investigated the effect of linguistic diversity on redistribution in a broad cross-section of countries using the notion of "linguistic distances" and showed that the commonly used fractionalization index, which ignores linguistic distances, yields insignificant results.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the existence and characterization of a strong tiebout equilibrium which consists of an endogenously formed partition of the individuals into disjoint jurisdictions with each jurisdiction producing and financing its own public goods, and moreover, there exists no group of individuals who can all benefit by establishing their own community.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider a non-cooperative game where each country makes a strategic choice of its immigration quota, and study the welfare implications of countries' choices, concluding that a country with a higher degree of production complementarity and a higher level of tolerance towards immigrants would allow a larger immigration quota and achieve a higher welfare level.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantitatively analyzes the stability and break-up of nations and find that economic differences between the Yugoslav republics determined the order of disintegration, but cultural differences, though small, were key to the country's instability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine compensation schemes that prevent a threat of secession by all country's regions and show that these compensation schemes entail a degree of partial equalization among the regions: the gap between advantageous regions has to be reduced but it should never be completely eliminated.