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Young and old competing for public welfare services
Borge, Lars-Erik (contributor); Rattsø, Jørn (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641686
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Infrastructure investment in network industries ; the role of incentive regulation and regulatory independence
Égert, Balázs - 2009
This paper finds that coherent regulatory policies can boost investment in network industries of OECD economies. Rate … changed investment in network industries. According to the theoretical literature, regulatory uncertainty exposes both types …-of-return regulation because investment decisions (what can be included in the rate base) are usually evaluated in a discretionary manner …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850209
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Economic incentives and social preferences : a preference-based Lucas critique of public policy
Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2009
Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872219
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Public provision of private goods, tagging and optimal income taxation with heterogeneity in needs
Bastani, Spencer; Blomquist, Nils Sören; Micheletto, Luca - 2010
Previous literature has shown that public provision of private goods can be a welfare-enhancing device in second-best settings where governments pursue redistributive goals. However, three issues have so far been neglected. First, the case for supplementing an optimal nonlinear income tax with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008797782
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Arm's length provision of public services
Bennedsen, Morten (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003624571
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Public provision of private goods and nondistortionary marginal tax rates
Blomquist, Nils Sören (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003711891
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Sustainable social spending in a greying economy with stagnant public services : Baumol's cost disease revisited
Ploeg, Frederick van der (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003379810
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The political economy of the standard level of services : the role of income distribution
Fiorillo, Fabio; Sacchi, Agnese - 2012
The theory of fiscal federalism points out that decentralisation should be pursued in order to fit differences in individual preferences. However, the presence of externalities and the need of providing merit goods to citizens suggest that centralisation is likely to produce more efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489053
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Privatization experiences in France
Berne, Michel; Pogorel, Gérard - 2004
France lived through a long period of nationalization until the early 1980s, when nearly all the largest industrials firms as well as all the banks and public services were state-owned. Since then, a series of privatization moves have caused the state sector to shrink. Public services present a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401332
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Privatisation policy in Spain : stuck between liberalisation and the protection of nationals interests
Arocena, Pablo - 2004
This paper carries out an overview of the recent history of privatisation in Spain. At this point, the paper focuses on the analysis of the economic, financial and political objectives pursued by successive Spanish Administrations. It is argued that privatisation policy has been inconsistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401386