The paper develops an integrated model of optimal nonlinear income taxation, public-goods provision and pricing in a large economy. With asymmetric information about labour productivities and publicgoods preferences, the multidimensional mechanism design problem becomes tractable by requiring...

This paper examines the perspectives of Russian gas exports to Western Europe and the strategic options of the CIS gas transiting countries, namely Ukraine and Belarus. The development of a new transit corridor through Belarus (the Yamal-Europe pipeline), depriving Ukraine of its former...

Der vorliegende Text behandelt die wirtschaftliche Effizienz und die gesetzlichen Vorgaben von Internet-Flatrates für den Service - Provider.

Upstream nonpoint source pollution has become a significant threat to urban drinking water safety in the People's Republic of China. Payment for environmental services (PES) is seen as a promising mechanism to deal with the situation. In designing a sound PES, it is crucial to determine the...

Die Ganztagsbetreuung von Grundschulkindern ist in Deutschland regional sehr unterschiedlich organisiert. So erfolgt sie in den meisten ostdeutschen Bundesländern vorwiegend in Horten, die der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zugeordnet sind, wohingegen diese Funktionen in Nordrhein-Westfalen von den...

This paper examines how local government planning regulations and charges affect the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. We explore the economic rationale for local government regulation of such infrastructure, which we suggest should be based on managing negative externalities....

This paper analyzes firms’ choices regarding the geographic scope of patent protection within the European patent system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on firms’ decision to validate a patent in a particular...

Kommunale Abgaben in Form von Steuern, Gebühren und Beiträgen belasten die regionale Wirtschaft. Als Standortfaktor haben sie Einfluss auf An- und Umsiedlungsentscheidungen der Unternehmen. Die vorliegende Untersuchung diente deshalb dem Zweck, Betroffenheitsgrad und Belastungsniveau der...