In many European countries, wages are determined by collective bargaining agreements intended to improve wages and reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries have similar geographical differences in firm...

This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical...

Viele grundsätzliche Fragen, die die öffentlich-rechtlichen Entsorgungsträger betreffen, sind weiterhin ungelöst: Offen ist nämlich nach wie vor, ob die Abfallwirtschaft eine kommunale Aufgabe im Rahmen der Daseinsvorsorge bleibt oder ob nicht der Markt die "Karten ganz neu mischt". Kann es...

This introductory article has three goals. First, it briefly introduces Bavaria's border areas. Second, the paper introduces three institutional and political perspectives to explain the governance arrangements and processes in the border areas, namely institutional ambiguity,...