Das Statistische Bundesamt hat mit der Umstellung auf das Europäische System Volkswirtschaftlicher Gesamtrechnungen (ESVG '95) zum ersten Mal Angaben zur Entwicklung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Realein-kommen in das laufende Veröffentlichungsprogramm aufgenommen. Damit ist eine bedeutende...

Bennett P. (2006) Competing for the island lifeline: European law, state aid and regional public services, Regional Studies 40, 953-966. Ensuring the freedom to provide services in Europe often means that state subsidies for loss-making, but essential, services are subject to competitive...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss citizen participation in public service delivery protests in the Sedibeng district municipality of South Africa. The municipality consists of three local municipalities: Lesedi, Emfuleni and Midvaal. Design/methodology/approach – A structured...

This paper examines the welfare-maximizing degree of patent protection in a growth model where the engines of economic growth are R&D and public services. The result shows that if public services are small, the welfare-maximizing level of patent protection is weaker.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze citizen satisfaction with public service delivery in the Sedibeng district municipality of South Africa. The municipality consists of three local municipalities, Lesedi, Emfuleni and Midvaal. Design/methodology/approach – The sampling...

A number of papers have suggested that pro-social behaviour in the workplace may be sensitive to the institutional environment, but there is little empirical research that attempts to test this directly using data on worker behaviour. This is the aim of this paper. We show that individuals in...