Für ein Verständnis der chinesischen Wirtschaft ist es hilfreich, das theoretische Instrumentarium der Kapitalismusforschung nutzbar zu machen. Es ermöglicht eine fundierte Charakterisierung des chinesischen Systems als einer eigentümlichen Spielart des Kapitalismus eines marktliberalen,...

We consider an economy with two groups of individuals, rich and poor. A central authority can either directly redistribute income to the poor, or allow for some degree of informality in economic activities by not enforcing property rights. The optimal degree of informality depends upon the...

In addressing environmental and natural resource problems, there is a move away from primary reliance upon centralized regulation toward assignment of property rights to mitigate the losses of open-access. I examine the assignment of private property rights during the 19th and early 20th...

In addressing environmental and natural resource problems, there is a move away from primary reliance upon centralized regulation toward assignment of property rights to mitigate the losses of open-access. I examine the assignment of private property rights during the 19th and early 20th...

Seit ihrer Gründung ist die Europäische Gemeinschaft hin- und hergerissen zwischen einer marktwirtschaftlichen und einer interventionistischen Wirtschaftsordnung. Über einen Zeitraum von 1955 bis heute wird die französische Europapolitik in dieser Arbeit auf ihre ordnungspolitischen...

Purpose: This paper investigates the factors responsible for the emergence of different arrangements of state-society relations. Being concerned with the relations related to the industrial sector, this study focuses more on state-business-labor relations (SBLRs), especially on power dynamics...

It is widely recognised that a number of segments of social life in advanced industrial societies are ’self-policing’ without the constant intervention of government, because one actor can only succeed at the expense of one or more other actors, whose interest therefore lies in keeping the...