Once heralded in the 1950s and 1960s as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden's economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income...

Wie sehen die internationalen Erfahrungen mit Forderungen nach einem ÖPNV-Nulltarif und mit praktizierten Gratis-Modellen aus? Das grosse öffentliche Interesse an dem Thema in Deutschland erfordert einen Blick über den nationalen Tellerrand. Laut Infratest dimap sind in Deutschland über 70%...

A merger or acquisition is usually a challenging endeavor with a single ultimate aim: to create value for the owner. However, stakeholder theory shows how such a narrow and one-sided focus is detrimental to value-creation in general - not only for other stakeholders within and outside the...

This paper recommends a system of upstream taxes on fossil fuels, combined with refunds for downstream emissions capture, to reduce carbon and local pollution emissions. Motor fuel taxes should also account for congestion and other externalities associated with vehicle use, at least until...