International Insurance Markets: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies—An Introduction -- The United States Insurance Market: Characteristics and Trends -- The Japanese Insurance Market and Companies: Recent Trends -- The UK Insurance Industry—Structure and Performance -- The...

Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By...

Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression -- Theories: Local Measures -- Global Measures -- Uniform Measures -- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries -- Numerical Results -- Statistical Tests -- Progression Intensity

Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Context, Purpose and Structure of the Book.- 2 State Aid for Newspapers.- Part II: Theories -- 3 State Support for News -- 4 Industrial Subsidies -- 5 Newspaper Subsidies and Journalistic Quality -- 6 State Aid to the Press in the EU -- 7 Press Governance.-...

This book examines the everyday-life patterns of young adults under circumstances of vulnerability and precariousness. Its main focus is on the web of social relations that structure the everyday life of young people, for instance by providing resources and tools of solving problems, exerting...

L. Leisering: Introduction -- F.-X. Kaufmann: Variations of the Welfare State - Great Britain, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism: Preliminary Methodological Remarks -- Theoretical Foundations -- Welfare State Development Between Capitalism and Socialism -- Variations on the...

This book gives a comprehensive description of macroeconometric modeling and its development over time. The first part depicts the history of macroeconometric model building, starting with Jan Tinbergen's and Lawrence R. Klein's contributions. It is unique in summarizing the development and...