Catalonia and Spain at the crossroads: financial and economic aspects
分析了加泰罗尼亚与西班牙关系中的两种情景——维持现状与分离——的主要经济影响，对关注区域分离主义经济后果的学者和政策制定者有用。
In some large European countries, in recent decades, economic globalization has gone hand in hand with a powerful trend to political decentralization (this has been the case in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain). In Spain, and after years of apparent stability, the relations between Catalonia and Spain are experiencing troubled times. This paper examines particularly the main economic effects of both the staying together and the secession scenarios. Following the introduction, the second section reviews some aspects of the relations between Catalonia and Spain. The third and fourth sections analyse different scenarios with a particular focus on the main issues that the secession scenario raises. The fifth section contains a concluding remark.