In an effort to improve the quality of schools, governments around the world have dramatically increased the resources devoted to them. By concentrating on inputs and ignoring the incentives within schools, the resources have yielded little in the way of general improvement in student...

Politicians typically focus on short-term economic issues; but, a nation’s long-term economic well-being is directly linked to its rate of economic growth. In turn, its growth rate is directly linked to the economically relevant skills of its population. Until recently, however, economists...

The real estate sector accounts for more than a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and thus offers great potential for carbon abatement. Energy efficient and green buildings are rapidly transforming the commercial property sector, and institutional investors can benefit from that...

1 Housing Markets and Housing Institutions in a Comparative Context -- Housing Is Peculiar -- Housing Policies Are Special -- The Rationale of this Book -- Metropolitan Markets in National Economies -- A Taxonomy of Housing Policies -- Conclusion -- 2 The Swedish Housing Market: Development and...