vygywsnmmasseyacnz good morning everyone prof oliver lorz rwth aachen university present following paper enlargement vs deepening tradeoff facing economic unions seminar professor oliver lorz faculty business economics rwth aachen university germany abstract paper analyzes relationship size economic union extent cooperation among member states consider political economy setting elected representatives determine degree policy centralization model strategic delegation affects identity representatives hence equilibrium policy outcome show relationship size union degree policy centralization may nonmonotonic certain size union enlargement leads deeper integration whereas beyond size enlargement implies decrease policy centralization also analyze whether allowing differing degrees integration welfaredominates outcomes uniform centralization levels friday 7 march 12noon1pm qb 8 welcome rochelle hughes massey university department coordinator department commerce private bag 102 904 north shore mail centre auckland new zealand 64 9 414 0800 extn 9176 dd 6 4 9 441 8176 f 64 9 441 8177 vygywsnmmasseyacnz wwwmasseyacnz wed 06 aug 2008 131145 1300 seminar presented prof lorz friday 7th march