Begrenzung, Einschränkung oder gar Schrumpfung sind als Angstbegriffe verpönt. Doch genau das werden wir brauchen, um die Ökosysteme nicht noch stärker zu schädigen. Ein anderes Wirtschaften ist dringend nötig, und es ist - wie der Transformationsforscher Hans Holzinger zeigt - auch...

Multivariate random sums appear in many scientific fields, most notably in actuarial science, where they model both the number of claims and their sizes. Unfortunately, they pose severe inferential problems. For example, their density function is analytically intractable, in the general case,...

Industrial policies, such as infrastructure investments and export tariffs, affect the allocation of labor and incomes across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than...

This paper characterises optimal taxation when rates of return are affected by effort, ability, and financial advice. When the government observes wealth and capital income, the optimal marginal tax rate on capital income is positive, whereas the rate on wealth is negative in the baseline model....

This book develops spatial interaction models for the analysis of human interaction within space, in terms of both accessibility and land use. Presenting case studies on the Azores and Morocco, it covers applications in various regions of Europe and Africa. The respective models simulate land...

Public sector organization is very influential. However, due to the limitations of the papers discussing the topic of performance measurement for public sector organizations, thus this research explores existing research on this topic. The main objective of this research was to know the issue of...