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Competition in the provision of local public goods : single function jurisdictions and individual choice

Reifschneider, Alexandra Petermann - 2006

The central purpose of this book is to analyse the optimal allocation of local public goods or services (for example garbage collection, police, fire brigades and medical services) in large urban agglomerations and the allocation consequences of increasing competition in the provision of them....

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Regulation, deregulation, reregulation : institutional perspectives

Ménard, Claude (contributor); Ghertman, Michel (contributor) - 2009

central message of new institutional economics: that theory should be continuously confronted by facts, and reformed or …

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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?

Ahmad, Ehtisham (contributor); Brosio, Giorgio (contributor) - 2009

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the...

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Competition and regulation in the postal and delivery sector

Crew, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2008

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing...

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The handbook of innovation and services : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor); … - 2010

pt. I. Services and innovation : conceptual and analytical frameworks -- pt. II. The nature of innovation in services : sectoral analyses and case studies -- pt. III. Organisational and strategic patterns for service innovation -- pt. IV. Innovation in services and through services : impact...

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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management

Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008

This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...

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The economics of evaluation in public programs

Link, Albert N. - 2011

competing visions of benefit-cost analysis', Land Economics, 85, 3-23. -- Bewley, T.F. (1981), 'A critique of Tiebout's theory …), 'Profit maximizing communities and the theory of local public expenditures', Journal of Urban Economics, 5, 263 …', Journal of Urban Economics, 7, 102-18. -- Tiebout, C. (1956), 'A pure theory of local public expenditures,' Journal of …

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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...

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The great migration : rural-urban migration in China and Indonesia

Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2010

This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based

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International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries

Geyer, H. S. (contributor) - 2002

This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on...

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