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Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt zum neue Institutionen, Vergabeverfahren und Anreizsysteme der Arbeitsverwaltung in Australien dar. Außerdem wird eine erste Analyse der Erfahrungen vor dem theoretischenHintergrund der Neuen Institutionenökonomik vorgenommen.
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The sweeping political changes and institutional transformation in the former Soviet Union, together with the market shock created by the collapse of the Soviet economy were expected to generate substantial changes in firm behaviours. Privatisation, in particular, was thought to constitute the...
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proposals of this kind comprise a (partial) privatization in conjunction withsocial subsidies. However, not much attention has … bleibt. Dieser Beitrag quantifiziert den zeitlichen Verlauf desSubventionierungsbedarfs einer vollständigen Privatisierung …
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This paper utilises evidence from the first collapse of a private finance initiative in the UK, that of the National Physical Laboratory, to examine the reality of PFIs in contrast to the rhetoric presented by government...
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This paper uses a stochastic cost frontier model to investigate the efficiency of Britain’s private railways during the period 1893-1912. We find that there was substantial inefficiency in the industry with no sign of reduction over time. Our main conclusion is that principal agent problems...
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This paper develops a typology of welfare services and attempts toillustrate its use in clarifying discussions about the privatisation ofwelfare and in analysing changes in expenditure. A third dimension,which concerns the extent of the consumer’s decision-making power andturns on the question...
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Der Begriff Stadtrendite hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Einzug in die Diskussion um diePrivatisierung von kommunalen Wohnungsunternehmen gehalten. Privatisierungsgegnerfürchten den Verlust der positiven Wohlfahrtseffekte, die durch die Leistungen dieser Wohnungsunternehmenfür eine Kommune...
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This paper analyses the shifting balance between public sector and privatesector welfare provision in the United Kingdom over the past two decades. Fivesectors – education, health, personal social services, housing, and incomemaintenance and social security – are examined over three time...
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The literature shows that for most UK industries privatization might be necessary but is not sufficient to produce … than privatization itself. We ask what changes around privatization had the greatest impact on efficiency for UK … electricity generators. We analyse the effects of privatization and other changes in incentives on plant efficiency using a newly …
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