Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205478 
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Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
New Zealand Treasury Working Paper No. 02/03
Publisher: 
New Zealand Government, The Treasury, Wellington
Abstract: 
Subsidiarity requires taking decisions at the level of government best placed to do so, but does not say what that level is. Rather, it gives a broad framework within which to have the debate. Implementing subsidiarity means (1) allocating roles appropriately between levels of government, (2) co-ordinating implementation of decisions, and (3) managing accountability and participation. Subsidiarity does not, however, tell us how to achieve these goals. It is therefore more about how a decision is made than about what the specific decision is. Europe, the United States and Australia have adopted varying solutions to these issues. New Zealand's ability to influence the trans-Tasman outcome is likely to be limited. The main implications for New Zealand are in designing trans-Tasman institutions and allocating responsibilities between central and local government.
Subjects: 
Subsidiarity
Harmonisation
JEL: 
H11
H77
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Document Type: 
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