experiences in other areas suggesting that competition could provide large benefits to hitherto regulated utilities in local …

sector s output rise as competition between private firms for the best motivated workers leads to higher wage cost than under …

-level dataset to study this redistribution in East Germany where the entire state-owned economy was either privatized or liquidated … within less than five years. We examine whether the privatization authority followed its mandate to privatize competitive … investors, and are more likely to remain in business even 20 years after leaving public ownership. The privatization agency …

&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission … (EC). While the EC increasingly recognises the role of economic analysis in controlling public aid to companies, there are … subsidies complied with EU state aid rules, both in terms of effectiveness and competition. …

Based on contribution patterns to parties in Germany and elsewhere, we suggest that democracies should use a mixed … system where private funding can play a larger role than public funding. In Germany the high level of public funding for …

quality - but also with more competition among suppliers. Both associations hold only for parts involving comparatively … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …