Purpose – Many economists and politicians have declared the price mechanism to be the most effective coordination mechanism. On the contrary, the economic perspectives at the beginning of the twenty-first century reveal that an increase in the supply of products does not necessarily engender...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Dutch property market from the angle of crime-inducing conditions and circumstances. Design/methodology/approach – The perspective adopted is in line with recent developments in the study of crime and crime prevention, which focus not so...

Since the early 1980s, Dutch productivity rates have been driven by a shift from traditional mass production firms to lean production. It slightly counteracted the generally acknowledged procyclical productivity rates; instead of working less hard during the recession of the 1980s and 1990s,...

This paper examines some of the key features of social health insurance systems by drawing on experiences in Germany, Switzerland, France and The Netherlands. These countries have all implemented a variety of reforms, including some competition between health insurers in order to meet some of...

From the early 1980s to the late 1990s overall productivity rates did not reflect the rising investment in information and computer technology (ICT). This paradox, the productivity paradox, which was widely discussed among economists may well turn out to be mainly a mirage once the assumption is...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of ethnic female entrepreneurship in urban economic life. The focus of the research is on the attitudes and behaviour of Turkish female entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. The main question we pose is: Are ethnic female entrepreneurs special ethnic...

Purpose – Many economists and politicians have declared the price mechanism to be the most effective coordination mechanism. On the contrary, the economic perspectives at the beginning of the twenty‐first century reveal that an increase in the supply of products does not necessarily engender...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to scrutinize the Dutch property market from the angle of crime‐inducing conditions and circumstances. Design/methodology/approach – The perspective adopted is in line with recent developments in the study of crime and crime prevention, which focus not so...

Environmental degradation manifests itself both at the local and the global level. In order to avoid further environmental degradation environmental quality should be considered as a target of economic policy. The article provides a documentary overview of important environmental studies and...

Deals with the relationship between economic recession and moral change. Taking the case of The Netherlands, argues that the recession resulted in an increase of the expenditure for social security and at the same time diminished tax income. In the attempt to reduce the budget deficit, relations...