There is over the last few years a clear trend in Europe to privatise traditional governmental tasks, also because of new EU legislation. Many of these tasks have traditionally been carried out by the government itself, largely because of the ‘natural monopoly’ argument. Examples of current...

Regional economics has a long tradition in analytical research and policy modelling, with the aim to enhance our understanding of regional competitiveness conditions and of the emergence, persistence, and mitigation of spatial socio-economic disparities. Unequal regional development in our open...