Vorwort -- 1 Die ökonomische Sicht der Dinge.- 2 Marktversagen durch externe Effekte -- 3 Das Coase Theorem -- 4 Die Charakteristika von Umweltgütern -- 5 Instrumente der Umweltpolitik -- 6 Der Klimawandel als globales Umweltproblem -- 7 Empirische Evidenz zur Bereitstellung öffentlicher...

When the Act of Union was passed in 1707, Scottish parliament was dissolved and the nation’s capital became London. While the general public balked at the perceived unfairness of the treaty, the majority of Scottish ministers seemed satisfied with its terms. This book offers an explanation of...

This book introduces recent developments in both theoretical and empirical analyses of local public economics. Theories of those economics as well as empirical analyses have been developed dramatically in various directions in recent years. One direction has been to reflect real economic...

Understanding Policy Decisions -- Models for Understanding Policy Decisions -- Who Decide? Actors and Their Resources -- What Is Decide? The Content of the Decision -- How to Decide? The Patterns of Interaction -- When and Where to Decide? the Decisional Context -- Taking Complex Decisions. What...

The increasing complexity of our environment, the globalization of diverse business processes and their intercultural embedment create challenges, higher risks and hence interdependency between a growing number of participants. This is undoubtedly reflected in the current financial crisis and...

Political and economic institutions are typically governed by committees that face the challenge to reconcile the preferences of their members. How should decision rules be designed to generate fair and sustainable agreements, for example if committee members represent groups of different sizes?...

This book presents a number of ideas for drawing up new rules to improve the functioning of democracies. The first part examines ways of combining incentive contracts with democratic elections. Such a judicious combination can alleviate a wide range of political failures without impairing the...