In this paper we analyze the effect of inequality in the distribution of endowments of privateinputs (like land, capital) on production efficiency through its effect on the voluntary provisionof collective inputs (like irrigation, public research) that are complementary in production withthose...

We analyze the effect of collective action vs green/environmentally aware consumers onambient environmental quality and market equilibrium. We consider a model with twotypes of consumers who differ in their willingness-to-pay for a good available in twodifferent environmental qualities, and two...

ICTs open up radically new ways in which to address the basic challenges of regional development in the Knowledge-Based Society. The transformative potential of ICTs resides, in particular, in the way they enable networking, learning and innovation, and empowerment. A horizontal theme that runs...

Im Rahmen des Operationellen Programms für das Ziel 3 der europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF)führte das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Förderperiode 1994 bis 1999 drei zielgruppenorientiertearbeitsmarktpolitische Programme - AQUA, QUAZI und WEP - durch, für deren Finanzierungeine Beteiligung...