One of the consequences of major regulatory reform of the telecommunications sector from the end of the 1970s -- particularly, privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation -- was the establishment of a new business environment which permitted former national telecommunications monopolies to...

This article evaluates EU policies on public services - particularly public network services - from the citizens' point of view. It is first argued that citizens' perceptions are important because the provision of fundamental services is at stake and because they constitute the infrastructure...

Tax systems influence the decisions of private agents. Because of that their evolution and the principles that govern them determine to some extent economic development. Modern tax systems existing in the developed countries follow broadly the principles enunciated by the German economist Fritz...