sample of US school districts, the impact of yardstick competition on the choice of public sector technologies is identified … communities where incumbents face a high risk of being elected out of office. This finding suggests that under decentralization …, yardstick competition is an important force shaping the decisions of local governments to adopt new technologies …

This contribution argues that uncertainty is integrated into the modern economic systems; however its autochthonously … increasing feature is puzzling and should be addressed in a more dedicated way. Behind the curtain of increasing uncertainty, we … are contributing to the deepening global distribution of uncertainty in the advanced world by establishing a vicious …