After briefly reviewing the received doctrine prior to the waves of privatisations beginning in the 1980s, this Element offers a survey of various analytical frameworks on State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) from the perspective of applied welfare economics. The focus then shifts to a positive...

The places of knowledge : from big science to research infrastructure -- Science, inequality, and public policy -- Biomed Europa : medicines that no one else will give us -- Green Europa : science and technology for saving the planet -- Digital Europa : how to get our data back -- Conclusion :...

Privatization policy faces increasing popular opposition in Latin America. After a discussion of recent empirical literature on this topic, we ask two simple questions: Who are the people most dissatisfied with privatization? and: Why are they dissatisfied? To answer, we use social attitudes...

Mit dem Schwerpunkt auf der Forschung und Entwicklung im Bereich innovativer Arzneimittel wird in dieser Studie ein neuer europäischer Ansatz für die Arzneimittelpolitik erörtert. Nach einer Untersuchung der Merkmale der europäischen Arzneimittelbranche sowie der Stärken und Schwächen des...