The rise to prominence of the service sector - heralded over half a century ago as the great hope for the twenty-first century - has come to fruition. In many cases, employment in the service sector now outnumbers that in manufacturing sectors, and it is accepted that in all developed countries,...

Das verarbeitende Gewerbe steht am Beginn einer grundlegenden Transformation. Um deren konkrete Ausgestaltung wird gegenwärtig heftig gerungen. Hinzu kommt, dass eine sozial-ökologische Transformation nur in dem Maße gelingen kann, wie sich Initiativen gesellschaftlicher Akteure, vor allem in...

The focus of this volume is on the European context of public budget policy and a variety of different approaches are used - theoretical modelling, econometrics and applied general equilibrium modelling. Empirical evidence and case studies of European countries are contained in all the papers....