magnitude of government banking, and to reveal some of its special features and arrangements. We distinguish between directly … pyramids that dilute public property, take control away from government bodies, and underpin managerial opportunism … government's planned retreat from the banking sector will involve non-core assets mainly, whereas control over core institutions …

steering of Laender by adopting the strategic management instrument balanced scorecard at the intersection between government … scorecard has to be aligned at specific criteria of the public sector especially in the context of a Laender government. The …

This paper empirically analyzes the question whether government involvement in the economy is conducive or detrimental … neoclassical economic theory, which predicts that government plays an unambiguously positive role for individuals’ quality of life … regulation, thereby harming voters’ quality of life. Our results show that life satisfaction decreases with higher government …

that risk premiums incurred by central governments of EU member states respond positively to central government debts and … at work in European government bond markets supports the notion that the no-bailout clause in the EU Treaty is credible. …