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April 2005, Volume 3, Issue 01
- 19-25 The Challenges of Infrastructure Privatisation
by Ioannis N. Kessides - 26-32 Privatisation in Austria: Response to Internal and External Pressures
by Ansgar Belke & Friedrich Schneider - 33-40 Privatisation Experiences in France
by Michel Berne & Gérard Pogorel - 41-47 Dual Income Taxation in EU Member Countries
by Wolfgang Eggert & Bernd Genser - 48-53 Inherent Inequality and the Extent of Redistribution in OECD Countries
by Matti Tuomala & Hannu Tanninen - 54-59 Who is Reaping the Gains from Globalisation? – The Role of Labour Market Flexibility
by Tobias Seidel - 60-66 Should Energy Taxation “Go Dutch”?
by Herman R. J. Vollebergh - 67-75 Health-care Reform in Slovakia
by Anton Marcincin & Peter Pazitny & Rudolf Zajac
June 2004, Volume 2, Issue 04
- 07-10 Stratified or Comprehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the design of secondary education
by Giorgio Brunello
January 2004, Volume 2, Issue 04
- 03-06 Institutional Comparisons in Educational Production
by Ludger Woessmann - 11-20 Recruiting High Quality Teachers
by Peter Dolton - 21-26 High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance
by David N. Figlio & E. Maurice Lucas - 27-32 United States lessons about school accountability
by Eric Hanushek - 33-38 School Choice and School Quality in the US
by Thomas Nechyba - 39-43 Public versus private University Systems
by George Psacharopoulos - 44-53 Learning from abroad: Chances and limitations of transferring Institutions
by Wolfgang Ochel - 54-58 Work after the Age of Fifty: Switzerland in an international Comparison
by Giovanni Ferro Luzzi & Anne Sonnet
October 2004, Volume 2, Issue 03
- 03-08 The Dual Income Tax System - An Overview
by Robin Boadway - 09-14 Norwegian Income Tax Reforms
by Vidar Christiansen - 15-22 Dual Income Tax: A Pragmatic Tax Reform Alternative for Germany
by Christoph Spengel & Wolfgang Wiegard - 23-30 Towards Dual Income Taxes - a Country Comparative Perspective
by Margit Schratzenstaller - 31-37 International Public Procurement Agreements - Problems of Implemetations in Switzerland
by René L. Frey & Christoph Kilchenmann & Nicolai Krautter - 38-49 The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
by Ursula Triebswetter & D. Hitchens - 50-54 Child Support and Children's Tax Allowances in Selected European Countries
by Rüdiger Parsche & Rigmar Osterkamp - 55-60 Health-Care Reforms in Singapore - Twenty Years of Medical Savings Accounts
by Jonas Schreyögg & Lim Meng Kin
October 2004, Volume 2, Issue 02
- 3-9 Institutions and Economic Performance - To Grow or Not to Grow: Why Institutions Must Make a Difference
by Thorvaldur Gylfason - 10-15 Institutions and Economic Performance - Getting Institutions Right
by Dani Rodrik - 16-21 Institutions and Economic Performance - Fast-moving and Slow-moving Institutions
by Gérard Roland
July 2004, Volume 2, Issue 02
- 22-33 Employment Opportunities for Older Workers: A Comparison of Selected OECD Countries
by Lothar Funk - 34-39 Bankruptcy Policy Reform and the Productivity Dynamics of Failing Firms: Micro-evidence on Korea
by Youngjae Lim - 40-47 The Influence of Labour Market Institutions on the Disemployment Effects of the Minimum Wage
by David Neumark & William Wascher - 48-54 Taxing Means of Agricultural Production in Germany: A RelativelyHigh Tax Burden Compared to Other Important EU Competitors
by Rüdiger Parsche & Doina Radulescu & Doina Maria Radulescu - 55-63 Assessing Old-age Pension Benefits: The Rules Applied In Different Countries
by Martin Werding - 64-68 Welfare Time Limits in the United States
by Charles Michalopoulos - 69-74 Competitive Tendering and Contracting of Temporary Work Agencies in Germany
by Wolfgang Ochel
October 2004, Volume 2, Issue 01
- 3-9 Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Is there Really a Link?
by Fritz Breuss & Markus Eller - 10-14 Decentralising the public sector: The Impact of Decentralisation on Service Delivery, Corruption, Fiscal Management and Growth in Developing and Emerging Market Economies: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence
by Anwar Shah & Theresa Thompson & Heng-fu Zou - 15-20 Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation as a Mechanism to Modernise the State - Truths and Myths
by Loenardo Letelier Saavedra - 21-25 Decentralising the public sector: What Drives Fiscal Decentralisation?
by Ugo Panizza - 26-29 Decentralising the public sector: Transition and the Recent Reforms in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Czech Republic
by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez & João do Carmo Oliveira
April 2004, Volume 2, Issue 01
- 30-34 Environmental Taxes: A Comparison of French and Swedish Experience from Taxes on Industrial Air Pollution
by Katrin Millock & Céline Nauges & Thomas Sterner - 35-39 A Note on Public Spending Efficiency
by António Afonso - 40-48 What Can be Learned from Continental Europe's Largest Privatisation Program? – Italy 1993 to 2003
by Andrea Goldstein - 49-56 Employment Pacts in Italy 1992 to 2002
by Sascha Becker & Sascha O. Becker
October 2003, Volume 1, Issue 04
- 03-07 Child Care Subsidies as Social Policy
by David M. Blau - 08-12 Firms’ Contribution to the Reconciliation between Work and Family
by John M. Evans & Samantha Callan - 13-18 Supports for Working Families: Work and Care Policies across Welfare States
by Janet C. Gornick & Marcia K. Meyers - 19-24 Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Selected OECD Countries
by Sheila B. Kamerman - 25-32 Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in OECD Countries
by Lawrence Kahn
February 2003, Volume 1, Issue 04
- 33-38 National Institutional Systems in Global Competition and the Inertia of German Labour Market Institutions
by Wolfgang Ochel - 39-45 Human Capital Formation in Germany: An Untapped Potential
by Hans-Peter Klös & Axel Plünnecke - 46-56 Central Exams as the "Currency" of School Systems: International Evidence on the Complementarity of School Autonomy and Central Exams
by Ludger Woessmann - 57-61 What Next for School Vouchers?
by Paul E. Peterson
October 2003, Volume 1, Issue 03
- 03-08 Capital Funding versus Pay-as-you-go in Health-care Financing Reconsidered
by Klaus-Dirk Henke & Katja Borchardt - 09-14 Health Accounts and Other Welfare Accounts
by Stefan Fölster & Robert Gidehag & Mike Orszag & Dennis J. Snower - 15-19 Managed Care: Low Reputation but Most Effective
by Stefan Felder - 20-23 Solving the Premium Risk Problem, Insurer Switches, and Transfers of Aging Provisions
by Volker Meier - 43-46 Swiss Social Health Insurance: Co-payments Work
by Stefan Felder & Andreas Werblow
February 2003, Volume 1, Issue 03
- 24-29 Privatisation in OECD Countries: Theoretical Reasons and Results Obtained
by Friedrich Schneider - 30-35 Taxing Pensions: Cross-country Differences and International Co-ordination
by Robert Fenge & Martin Werding - 36-42 Functional Decentralisation of Government Activity
by Rigmar Osterkamp & Markus Eller - 47-53 Exit and Voice in Dutch Social Health Insurance
by Stefan Greß & Diana Delnoij & Peter Groenewegen - 54-60 Sickness-related Absenteeism and Economic Incentives in Sweden: A History of Reforms
by Daniela Andrén - 69-70 Demographic Dependency Ratios
by Rigmar Osterkamp
February 2003, Volume 1, Issue 02
- 40-44 Evasion of Value-added Taxes in Europe: Ifo Approach to Estimating the Evasion of Value-added Taxes on the Basis of National Accounts Data (NAD)
by Andrea Gebauer & Rüdiger Parsche - 45-51 Taxes as a Determinant for Foreign Direct Investment in Europe
by Andreas Haufler & Sven Stöwhase - 52-55 Effects of Tax Depreciation Rules on Firms' Investment Decisions: A Comparison of European Transition Countries
by Chang Woon Nam & Doina Radulescu & Doina Maria Radulescu - 56-62 Welfare to Work in the United Kingdom
by Wolfgang Ochel - 63-66 Labour Dispute Rules and Strikes in the European Union
by Wolfgang Ochel & Markus Selwitschka - 67-68 Fiscal Monitoring in the Euro-Area
by Rigmar Osterkamp - 74-75 Development of Public Debt in Europe
by Rigmar Osterkamp
October 2003, Volume 1, Issue 02
- 03-06 Interactions between Institutions Matter
by Michèle Belot & Jan C. van Ours & Jan C. van Ours - 07-12 European Unemployment: Labour Market Institutions and Economic Turbulence
by Lars Ljungqvist - 13-26 Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in OECD Countries
by Stephen Nickell - 27-33 Institutions in the Economic Fitness Landscape: What Impact Do Welfare State Institutions Have on Economic Performance?
by Ronald Schettkat - 34-39 The Contingency Thesis of Collective Bargaining Institutions
by Franz Traxler
February 2003, Volume 1, Issue 01
- 17-23 The Development of the Shadow Economies and Shadow Labour Force of 21 OECD and 22 Transition Countries
by Friedrich Schneider - 24-27 Do Strict Electoral Campaign Finance Rules Limit Corruption?
by Thomas Stratmann - 28-31 Redistributive Tax Policies and Inequality: An Assessment of Recent Country Comparative Studies
by Kjetil Bjorvatn & Alexander W. Cappelen - 32-35 How Decentralised Is Government Activity?
by Rigmar Osterkamp & Markus Eller - 36-41 The Reform of the Savings Bank System in France - A Model for Other Countries?
by Jochen Klein - 42-45 Tax Privileges for Families in an International Comparison
by Wolfgang Meister & Wolfgang Ochel - 46-47 Early and Late Reformers: Long-Term Trends of Public Expenditure in 21 OECD Countries
by Rigmar Osterkamp
October 2003, Volume 1, Issue 01
- 1-02 Editorial: CESifo DICE Report - A New Quarterly Journal for Institutional Comparisons
by Hans-Werner Sinn - 03-10 Securing Pensions for the Next Fifty Years - Achievements of Recent Reforms in Selected Countries
by Eric Thode - 11-16 After Another Decade of Reform: Do Pension Systems in Europe Converge?
by Martin Werding