Intro -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 - Privatizing Network Industries -- 2 - Network Utilities in the United States: Sector Reforms without Privatization -- 3 - Privatization in Austria: Some Theoretical Reasons and Performance Measures -- 4 - Privatization in Denmark, 1980-2002 -- 5 -...

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Tax Theory to Policy: An Overview -- 2.1 Landmarks of Optimal Tax Theory -- 2.2 The Evolution of Policy and Advice -- 2.3 Challenges for the Theory of Tax Policy -- 2.4 Optimal Analysis versus Reform Analysis --...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Entrepreneurship in Europe and the United States -- 3 Europe's Venture Capital Institutions Are Good Enough -- 4 Promoting Entrepreneurship -- 5 Innovations to Foster Risk-Taking and Entrepreneurship -- 6 Europe:...

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Laudation for Peter A.Diamond -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Income Taxation -- 3 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Consistent Preferences -- 4 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Inconsistent Preferences -- 5...

Ergebnisse der Strategiesitzung 2011 der Kuratoren der ifo-Freundesgesellschaft und des Vorstands des ifo Instituts in Bogenberg, Obertaufkirchen, am 15. Oktober 2011. In einer gemeinsamen Sitzung haben sich Kuratoren der ifo-Freundesgesellschaft und der Vorstand des ifo Instituts mit der...

The study investigates the consequences of EU Eastern enlargement for labour markets and public finances in Germany. The potential for immigration to Germany from the five largest candidate countries in CEE is forecasted building on econometric estimates. Then, the opportunities and problems...