This paper reviews and assesses some of the Productive Development Policies currently being implemented in Uruguay. Three horizontal and three vertical policies are considered in light of the market and public failures they attempt to address and minimize. Horizontal policies comprise...

Research in behavioral economics has uncovered the widespread phenomenon of people making decisions against their own good intentions. In these situations, the government might want to intervene, indeed individuals might want the government to intervene, to induce behavior that is closer to what...

In my view, globalization is a process that has taken place episodically since approximately the beginning of the 16th century. Previously, there were a number of attemps at globalization, which however failed to attain the precondition of regular commercial and communicative relationships among...

Dieses Standardwerk der Finanzwissenschaft stellt die Ökonomie des öffentlichen Sektors umfassend und verständlich dar. Die vorliegende Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet und aktualisiert. Neuen Herausforderungen an die Finanzpolitik und Änderungen in den Institutionen wurde dabei...