English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2435295' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2435295Dutch Abstract: de combinatie van weg en dijk bespaart kosten, en genereert tegelijkertijd nieuwe bronnen van inkomsten. Als gevolg hoeft de functie van waterkering geen extra risico...

This Paper conducts on a simulation to estimate the administrative investment necessary for maintaining and updating the infrastructure of present-day Japanese Prefectures. The field of the analyzed infrastructure is four fields (the road, water service, drainage, and the trash disposal...

From an historical and international perspective, Dutch labour productivity growth rates have been lacklustre. Using a growth accounting framework, this document analyses whether ICT has recently boosted Dutch labour productivity growth, similar to developments in the US. Labour productivity...