There's an existing trend on the current public service dynamics that thinks the State as entity. Such entity is limited to establishing prices and qualities of the services it regulates, based on costs and information offered by agents: thus, full-filling a function essentially technical. The...

The aim of the present paper is to examine the economic policy encouraged by the second term of Carlos Andrés Pérez (1989-1993), from the philosophical perspective of Ortega y Gasset and Karl Popper that deals with the distinction between ideas and beliefs. It is a theoretical and...

This survey article provides a microeconomic perspective of institutional design and public policy, focusing on the way the relations between voters, politicians and bureaucrats produce efficients outcomes in public policy. It points out the relevance of information and monitoring costs,...

Spanish Abstract: Un problema que enfrenta la floricultura en México, es la baja vinculación entre los sectores gubernamentales responsables de apoyar con recursos a los productores, es por ello, que existen deficiencias en la gestión, divulgación y aplicación de los diversos tipos de...

The aim of this paper is to examine the birth of FEDECÁMARAS (1944) as an expression of an institutional change in Venezuela. FEDECÁMARAS creation was the result of a historical conflict between the state and the private sector between 1936 and 1944. This conflict was generated by two ways of...

This paper analyzes the impact of MapaRegalías on efficiency in the execution of public investment projects in Colombia. MapaRegalías is an online platform that displays geo-referenced information and data on royalties coming from the extractives sector. The purpose of the platform is to...

This paper analyzes the impact of MapaRegalías on efficiency in the execution of public investment projects in Colombia. MapaRegalías is an online platform that displays geo-referenced information and data on royalties coming from the extractives sector. The purpose of the platform is to...

This paper presents a case of public – private partnership in road provision in Uruguay. It is a concession where the concessionaire is public owned with a contract so called of present value of expenditure. This scheme is a good solution in a country where people reject private ownership of...