Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia...

Last year the Commission on Reducing Counterproductive Market Regulations (Deregulation Commission), appointed by the German Federal Government in 1987, put forth its first report dealing with regulations on German transport and insurance markets. Following a consequent market-oriented approach,...

Subventionsabbau tut Not - nicht nur als Absichtserklärung, sondern auch als konkrete politische Handlung. Ausschlaggebend dafür sind fünf Gründe: Erstens verzerren Subventionen die Wirtschaftsstruktur zugunsten der Subventionsempfänger und zulasten aller anderen, von denen die zur...