However, some simple and powerful theoretical knowledge does exist; here one has just to mention the discussions on methodological individualism and collectivism, on open and closed societies, and last but not least Hayek's ideas on spontaneous order which delivers an appropriate explanation for...

The paper describes the content of the project Tax-/Transfer-Reform and Fiscal Responsibility: Pathways to a Sustainable Fiscal Policy in Georgiaʺ, which is supported for the period Fall 2005 to Spring 2008 by the VolkswagenStiftung. Within the project a knowledgetransfer is organized,...

Industrial policy measures can be a reasonable supplement to economic and social policy actions during the period of transformation of centrally planned economies. This paper shows the interplay between industrial and social policy. Special attention is given to the timing and sequencing of the...