Der Bund setzt zu Lasten der Länder eine zentrale Bundesfernstrassengesellschaft durch, zudem sollen kommunale Schulgebäude künftig vom Bund direkt gefördert werden können. Beides öffnet den Weg zu noch mehr Privatisierungen und zu noch mehr Öffentlich-Privaten Partnerschaften. Darüber...

The road to Kazakhstan's pension and social reform -- The unsustainable welfare state -- The political economy of the reform -- Macro-actuarial forecasts -- Kazakhstan's economic transformation, 1989-2007 -- Pension benefits during the transition period -- Performance of pension funds -- Legal...

The aim of this study was provide answers to two research questions. While the first one is concerned with the causes of the remarkable macroeconomic resilience of the Nordic EU-countries since the mid-1990s, the second one is related to the sustainability of a high degree of government activity...