This study identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the the new regulatory framework for railways in Spain. We offer a description of the present situation of the railway industry in Spain, following the coming into force of the new Railway Industry Law in January 2005. We also analyse the...

Though in 1978, when the constitution was established, the scientific conception of social economy did not exist, the Magna Carta through different statutes does refer explicitly or implicitly to the different social agents who comprise the social economy: co-operatives, labour associations,...

La cuestión política fundamental a la que se enfrentan los sistemas económicos modernos es la delimitación del papel adecuado del Gobierno y del mercado en el funcionamiento del sistema económico. La profunda crisis que padecemos tiene mucho que ver con la no existencia de una línea clara...

This paper presents the results of a study aimed to quantify the Nonprofit Institutions Sector, based on a review of the three theoretical approaches currently available to delimit the sector, i.e. the social economy approach, the organizational non-profits approach, and the national accounting...