In economic literature comparisons between the American and German Council of Economic Advisors lead to the result that the American Council works quite well, whereas the German Council is broadly criticised. Taking a closer look these conclusions are disputable. Therefore, in this contribution...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become popular worldwide as a way of improving health care service delivery. In order to enhance our knowledge of PPPs in the health care sector, we conduct a systematic review of forty-six articles published in peer-reviewed journals for the period of...

Neue Erkenntnisse der Verhaltens- und Neurooekonomie stellen das Menschenbild des Homo oeconomicus zunehmend in Frage und ruecken einen kooperativen Akteur ins Zentrum der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion sowie der unternehmerischen Praxis. Auf Grundlage von Elinor Ostroms Forschung zu...

Empirical data show the significance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for providing public services. Financial sustainability, cutback management and budget consolidation are no longer possible without including SOEs. This paper examines the ways that public authorities reported on the capital,...

The decision to provide services of general interest by public or private enterprises has to be based on the following key issue: should one refer to these services as public goods? This question cannot be answered generally but has to be addressed on a case-tocase basis. Although there are some...

In economic literature comparisons between the American and German Council of Economic Advisors lead to the result that the American Council works quite well, whereas the German Council is broadly criticized. On a closer look, these conclusions are disputable. Therefore, in this contribution we...