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Handbook of worldwide postal reform
Campbell, James I. (contributor);  … - 2008
The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This Handbook brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850672
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Pricing in road transport : a multi-disciplinary perspective
Verhoef, E. T. (contributor) - 2008
Transport pricing is high on the political agenda throughout the world, but as the authors illustrate, governments seeking to implement this often face challenging questions and significant barriers. The associated policy and research questions cannot always be addressed adequately from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850667
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Modelling indirect taxes and tax reform
Creedy, John - 1999
Indirect taxes have become an increasingly important revenue-raising tool for governments in developed countries. In this book, John Creedy applies his wealth of experience and expertise to the analysis of indirect taxes and, in particular, concentrates on the modelling of indirect tax reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473900
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Trade liberalization, competition and the WTO
Milner, Chris (contributor); Read, Robert (contributor) - 2002
and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization …pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850722
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Recent advances in neo-Schumpeterian economics : essays in honour of Horst Hanusch
Pyka, Andreas (contributor); Hanusch, Horst (contributor) - 2009
comprehensive economic theory encompassing industry, the public sector and financial markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851025
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Competition in the provision of local public goods : single function jurisdictions and individual choice
Reifschneider, Alexandra Petermann - 2006
of increasing competition in the provision of them. Competition in the Provision of Local Public Goods uses two … and uni-functionality of jurisdictions. The book analyses the effect of these two aspects on competition among … jurisdictions and the impact this probable increase in competition may have on the achievement of the optimal allocation of local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851526
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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2009
regulation in Portugal / João Castro and Agostinho Franco -- 4. Competition through downstream access in the UK postal sector … of postal services / Philippe De Donder ... [et al.] -- 11. Postal price elasticities and intermedia competition : a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851656
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively …. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to … decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995
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Entrepreneurial competition and industrial location : investigating the structural patterns and intangible sources of competitive performance
Peneder, Michael - 2001
Entrepreneurial Competition and Industrial Location explores the notion of entrepreneurial competition from its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473757
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Environmental regulation and market power : competition time consistency and international trade
Petrakis, Emmanuel (ed.);  … - 1999
Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. Careful design of these policies in second-best environments is a very important factor for their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473851