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Background report on private sector development in Latin America, the post-communist countries of Europe and Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
Woodward, Richard; Kozarzewski, Piotr; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430885
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Essays on network industries: privatization, regulation, and productivity measurement
Kuhlmann, Andreas - 2007
subject of this study is the analysis of network industries with particular emphasis on privatization in this field in general … is threefold. The chapter on privatization is based on a theoretical model, followed by a chapter on the institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698334
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Privatization Disputes in Romania – the Petrom Case
Hunya, Gabor - 2007
In 2004 the Austrian-based OMV acquired in a privatization process 51% of the Romanian national oil company Petrom. Two … and a half years later this privatization is again in the focus of political attention in Romania. The current government …. The whole issue of privatization is on the agenda. This paper investigates the privatization of Petrom in its historical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100073
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Overcoming reform resistance and political implementation of large-scale welfare state reforms
Pitlik, Hans; Heinemann, Friedrich; Schweickert, Rainer - 2014
Long-term beneficial welfare state reforms not only face opposition from powerful insiders and beneficiaries of the system in place. While potential losers from a policy change are often relatively easy to spot, ewll-designed reforms generate mostly diffuse gains, and the potential winners are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411105
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Langfristige Prognose der Einnahmeentwicklung für den Landeshaushalt des Freistaates Sachsen bis zum Jahr 2025: Gutachten im Auftrag des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen...
Steinbrecher, Johannes; Thater, Christian; Thum, Marcel; … - 2010
This project presents a continuation of the revenue forecast of the Free State of Saxony until 2025. For sustainable regional politics, more transparency in political decision-making, and especially in the current financial and economic crisis, a continuously updated revenue forecast is of great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698441
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Economic reactions to public finance consolidation - a survey of the literature
Briotti, Maria Gabriella - 2005
The paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature that has investigated the conditions under which a contractionary fiscal policy is effective in reducing debt and deficit, but does not have a negative effect on growth. The issue is central to macroeconomics and policy making, given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606190
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Regulatory reforms in selected EU network industries
Martin, Reiner; Roma, Moreno; Vansteenkiste, Isabel - 2005
In the course of the 1990s, the EU has embarked on an ambitious regulatory reform programme for a number of European network industries, such as telecommunications, energy and transport. This paper analyses the potential benefits of successful reforms in these sectors with a focus on the price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606180
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Abschlussbericht zu Forschungsvorhaben fe 5/14: "Automatic stabilizers in the Eurozone: Analysis of their effectiveness at the member state and euro area level and in internationa...
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Kock, Jan; Peichl, Andreas - 2014
We analyze the effectiveness of fiscal policy in general and automatic stabilizers in particular to stabilize output in Eurozone member states under the current institutional framework of fiscal governance. First, a descriptive analysis based on macro data is conducted for the period 2007-2014,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288116
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Arbeitskosten, Steuerbelastung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Österreich im Vergleich mit ausgewählten CEEs
Havlik, Peter; Leitner, Sebastian; Römisch, Roman - 2011
Die vorliegende Studie analysiert in einem internationalen Vergleich die wichtigsten Merkmale der Entlohnung und Besteuerung des Faktors Arbeit, die Produktivität und andere Faktoren der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sowie die Zusammensetzung des Steueraufkommens in Österreich (AT) und neun mittel-,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099997
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Comparison of Tax Burdens
Leibrecht, Markus; Römisch, Roman - 2002
Within the EU, taxation and the EU's eastern enlargement are currently seen as one of the most important problems to be solved and projects to be realized. Each of these two topics covers a vast set of issues which have to be dealt with. At the same time only few attempts have been made to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100028