Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been widely advocated as flexible contractual solutions enabling the public sector to profit from private firms' innovative solutions for providing public services. More recently, however, practitioners and academics alike have cast doubts on a possible...

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been widely advocated as flexible contractual solutions enabling the public sector to profit from private firms' innovative solutions for providing additional (possibly by increasing the infrastructural stock) and more valuable public services. Recently,...

1. Between Competition and Cooperation: The Enhancement of the City and the Territory -- 2. Measurement and Comparison of the Efficiency of the Permits Concession Processes of the Italian Municipalities -- 3. Alternative Strategies and Financial Instruments for the Enhancement of the Territory...

This document describes the construction of a database of corporate bonds issued by firms in Argentina between 1989 and 2005. The database draws on two main sources, the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires and the Comisión Nacional de Valores, while some additional information comes from the...

Die maßgeblich von Walter Eucken geprägte Denkschule des 'Ordoliberalismus' will die Wirtschaft durch eine Verfassung ordnen. Der Staat soll die Spielregeln des Marktes gestalten, dann aber nicht weiter in die wettbewerblichen Spielzüge der Wirtschaftsakteure eingreifen. Der maßgeblich von...

Properly managed sanitation systems and improved wastewater treatment are important for safeguarding environment and enhancing sustainable livelihoods in vast areas of South and Southeast Asian countries. Recovering nutrients and energy from organic waste and wastewater is an effective option...

This paper has the purpose to offer an institutional and policy framework for the analysis of bio economy implications of sustainable development of nature's ecosystems. It begins reviewing the elements of bio economics to focus on the research trends methods to support the basic bio-economy...

Investment in ICT infrastructure development is crucial to international trade through its provision of reliable interconnectedness via communication. This can be augmented via institutional intervention, which addresses opportunistic or rent-seeking behaviours of ICT infrastructure providers...