Australia’s inter-governmental fiscal relations have gradually moved towards greater centralisation. State governments receive sizeable transfers from the federal government and own revenues only partially cover their expenses. Finding the right balance between federal control and state...

Les recherches sur les stratégies de communication en réponse à une crise ont le plus souvent comparé l'efficacité de stratégies extrêmes visant à résoudre le problème : les stratégies de type " déni " et de type " rédemption ". Pourtant, la littérature identifie des stratégies...

Lorsque le financement d'un bien collectif repose sur des contributions volontaires, il est courant d'observer une offre insuffisante du bien collectif en raison d'un comportement de passager clandestin. Pour faire face àun déficit d''offre de bien collectif, la puissance publique intervient...

La transparence est habituellement présentée comme la condition d’une meilleure gouvernance des entreprises, dans la mesure où elle est supposée favoriser l’efficience des marchés et la moralisation de la vie des affaires. Nous explorons dans cet article les racines théoriques du...

The present paper deals with some legal issues surrounding environmental protection, namely those issues concerning the liability of the different firms and individuals directly or indirectly involved in the generation of environment damaging accidents. We consider in particular the potential...

This paper analyzes the incentive properties of the standard and burden of proof for a finding of negligence, when evidence about injurers' behavior is imperfect and rests with the parties. We show that the `preponderance of evidence' standard used in common law, together with ordinary exclusion...

When a deficit occurs in the funding of collective goods, it is usually covered by raising the amount of taxes or by rationing the supply of the goods. This article compares the efficiency of these institutions. We report the results of a 2x2 experiment based on a game in the first stage of...

Improving education outcomes is important for Germany’s long-term economic performance and social cohesion. While student achievement is above the OECD average in science and at the OECD average in reading and mathematics according to the 2006 OECD PISA study, weaker students tend to do badly...

The inefficiency, corruption and lack of accountability that afflict public administration in Russia impose substantial direct costs on both entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens. This paper examines the major weaknesses of Russia’s public administration and assesses the government’s recently...

The study of corporate ethics reported in this article sheds light on the content and status of 50 formal ethical statements in large France based companies. Content analysis (with SPAD.T software) reveals potentially divergent view among companies as to the primary nature and purpose of a...