This EU supported Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) had been conducted by a European Consortium composed of eight research institutions. Ifo's part within this larger programme was (a) to analyse the fiscal effects of privatization and (b) to assess the valuation of privatization...

The coordination of the various social security systems of the EU Member States is one of the most important achievements of European integration. This regime became a model for the whole world. Nevertheless, it has some shortcomings which are analysed in this book. Bent Greve (Roskilde)...