Preface / Blas L. Pérez Henríquez and Elizabeth Deakin -- What have we learned so far from high-speed rail systems around the world? -- Introduction to HSR / Elizabeth Deakin -- Realizing the potential of HSR : the United Kingdom experience / David Banister and Moshe Givoni -- The Shinkansen...

Als Beitrag zur Erneuerung des bundesdeutschen Hochschulwesens werden einige Gegenüberstellungen der deutschen Hochschulpolitik mit dem im Ausland praktizierten Ansätzen, Konzepten und Maßnahmen vorgenommen und das öffentliche Interesse an längst überfälligen Reformen geweckt. Im Rahmen...

Patient cost-sharing for primary care and prescription drugs is designed to reduce the prevalence of moral hazard in utilization. Yet the success of this strategy depends on two factors: the elasticity of demand for those medical goods, and the risk of downstream hospitalizations by reducing...

In this paper, I examine the impact of uninsured patients on the health of the insured, focusing on one health outcome - the in-hospital mortality rate of insured heart attack patients. I employ panel data models using patient discharge and hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My...