societal contexts of Britain and Germany. It is suggested that, despite common pressures from the state, the market and … effects of a more intrusive state, a less protected market and a more consumerist stance from clients have effected some loss …

development. Chapters 5 and 6 contribute to the debate on the effect of political and fiscal institutions on budgeting … inequality, institutions, and economic and infrastructure policies can influence welfare and political stability. Chapter 2 … contributes to the empirics of public economics and political economy. All chapters are self-contained research articles and can …

, ad hoc commissions, and state research offices, and the institutions that govern them—generate ideas and communicate them … analysis of how “knowledge regimes”—communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations … important to capitalism as the state and the firm, and sheds new light on debates about the effects of globalization, the rise …

, ad hoc commissions, and state research offices, and the institutions that govern them—generate ideas and communicate them … analysis of how “knowledge regimes”—communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations … important to capitalism as the state and the firm, and sheds new light on debates about the effects of globalization, the rise …