The present thesis develops a formal model of endogenous growth that incorporates costly knowledge codification as a … means of intergenerational knowledge transfer. It identifies the circumstances under which knowledge codification takes … knowledge codification is central to utilize the non-rivalry of ideas for economic growth. However, while the usual models of …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

of research production in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. A further aim of the articles is to enhance knowledge of …