Water is a vital resource for human existence on earth. The importance of this resource to the wellbeingof mankind and the general scarcity of drinking water which is expected to grow requires thepublic to reflect on the best ways to address demand and supply issues. Therefore, the discourse...

Es besteht von wissenschaftlicher Seite aus weitgehend der Konsens, dass grundle-gende demokratische Entscheidungen eines Staates effizienter durchgesetzt werden können, wenn, analog zum politischen föderalen Bereich, auch ökonomisch dezent-rale Freiheits- und Entscheidungsstrukturen...

This paper deals with the relation between the term structure of rents and future spot rents.

This paper pinpoints the development of the Commission's policy on rail infrastructure charges through to Directive 2001/14.

Since 1988, Sweden’s railways have been vertically separated with (private or public) train operators paying for the use of government-owned railway infrastructure. The present paper scrutinizes today’s charging regime ...