Slovak Abstract: Slovenské mestá zabezpečujú mnohé služby. Článok sa zameriava na zvoz odpadu, verejné osvetlenie, starostlivosť o mestskú zeleň, údržbu ciest a cintorínov. Analyzujeme rozhodovacie procesy Slovenských miest pri výbere dodávateľov týchto služieb v kontexte...

The article deals with structural factors affecting decisions about the provision of services in large Slovak cities. In addition to introducing an economic model based on transaction cost theory, models of political decision making regarding the provision of services by cities (ideological...

It is always difficult to define the one and only measure of poverty, as there are different concepts of poverty based on a number of welfare indicators. The paper discuses main approaches to individual welfare measurement. A measure of individual welfare in the concept of relative deprivation...