Buchhandel, Bibliothekswesen (17 Artikel)

This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services. Using Germany as a case study, the author explains the dichotomous system ...

Is small still beautiful? The recent economic and financial crisis has shown that developed countries in which firms are smaller suffered the biggest GDP plunges. Today, economic growth depends mor...

Although interest in spatial growth regressions has been growing in recent years, formal theoretical approaches that acknowledge the role of space in economic growth have been sparse. In particular...

The book explores both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing provision in the context of the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy. Fifteen...

Does every open economy profit from economic globalization? Why do some countries profit more than others? What role does national economic policy play with regard to a nation´s potential to profit...

The book focuses on the relations between small states and alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances? How are t...

The Impact of Asian Powers on Global Developments

Risks and Opportunities of a Dynamic Industry

The completion of this research would not have been possible without the generous support of many individuals and institutions. These are specific obligations which I wish to acknowledge here. I wo...

Reform and Efficiency Improvement Opportunities

Public Sector Decentralisation: Measurement and International Trends.- Costs, Preferences, and Institutions: The Determinants of Fiscal Decentralisation.- Economic Integration and Fiscal Decentrali...

Die ökonomisch-ökologische Analyse marktwirtschaftlicher Instrumentarien zur Umsetzung umweltpolitischer Zielvorgaben in der EU ist das Thema dieses Bandes. Zentrale Fragen, die in diesem Zusammenh...

1. Kapitel: Wirtschaftspolitik in einer freiheitlichen Ordnung.- 1. Wirtschaftspolitik in der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft.- 2. Konstitutive Elemente eines wirtschaftspolitischen Problems.- 3. Ziele de...

In den Entwicklungsländern leben gegenwärtig etwa 3,5 Milliarden Menschen, das sind fast drei Viertel der Weltbevölkerung. Bis zum Jahr 2000 - also in weniger als vierzehn Jahren - wird diese Zahl ...

Seit Anfang der sechziger Jahre haben zehn Industrienationen der frei en Welt - Belgien, die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Frankreich, Groß britannien, Italien, Japan, Kanada, die Niederlande, Schwed...