This paper analyzes the causes, responses, and consequences of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident (March 2011) by comparing these with Three Mile Island (March 1979) and Chernobyl (April 1986). We identify three generic modes of organizational coordination: modular, vertical, and...

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond market access to seeking regulatory commitments from...

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond market access to seeking regulatory commitments from...

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existing services have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and in FTAs. The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond market access to seeking regulatory commitments from...

The low cost of communication made possible by the Internet has led to ruinous competition in news markets. It has also led to stiff competition from social media companies in the advertising distribution markets in which newspapers also compete. As a result, cash-starved newspapers have...

The service sector is evolving. New services and new modes of delivering existingservices have increased the complexities of services negotiations in the WTO and inFTAs.The WTO negotiations focus on market access but FTAs tend to go beyond marketaccess to seeking regulatory commitments from...

This essay examines the published views of vital economists regarding postal reform. I define a vital economist as one who has produced scholarly research on this issue, and who has expressed an opinion about the direction reform should take. The ten vital economists surveyed here express...

Dünya genelinde bir çok ülke finansal sisteminin denetimini tek çatı altında toplamaktadır. Birleşik denetimin, potansiyel fayda ve zararları hakkındaki kuramsal argümanlar göreli olarak yetersizdir. Bu çalışmada, iyi tasarlanan ve yönetilen birleşik denetim yapısının,...

1990’larda Türkiye’de elektrik sektöründe özel sektörün faaliyet göstermesine imkan sağlamak için hukuki yapı sürekli değiştirilmiştir. Bu değişiklikler piyasalarda belirsizliği artırmıştır. İstikrarsız piyasa koşullarında, yatırımları cazip kılmak amacıyla uzun...