Regulation is often thought of as an activity that restricts behaviour and prevents the occurrence of certain undesirable activities, but the influence of regulation can also be enabling or facilitative, as when a market could potentially be chaotic if uncontrolled. This Handbook provides a...

This paper is concerned with a number of conceptual and practical issues associated with the use of vouchers to distribute public services. Section 1 proposes a definition of vouchers and considers the position which voucher distribution occupies in the spectrum of possible mechanisms for the...

Cette étude porte sur un certain nombre de problèmes conceptuels et pratiques liés à l’utilisation des chèques-service dans la fourniture de services collectifs. La section 1 propose une définition des chèques-service et examine la place qu’occupe la formule des chèques-service dans...