The signing of a concession contract for the Buenos Aires water and sanitation system in December 1992, attracted worldwide attention, and caused considerable controversy in Argentina. It was one of the worlds largest concessions, but the case was also interesting for other reasons. The...

Die ökonomische Analyse des internationalen Rechts ist ein noch sehr junger, aber seit einigen Jahren wachsender und äußerst vielversprechender Forschungsbereich. Daher haben sich die Veranstalter des XIII. Travemünder Symposiums zur ökonomischen Analyse des Rechts vorgenommen, Ökonomen...

When privatization is not feasible or palatable, developing country governments seeking to improve the performance of state enterprises are often negotiating performance contracts with their managers. Many of these contracts have been put in place with World Bank assistance. Research shows that...

Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition economies....

In der Öffentlichkeit besteht Konsens darüber, dass das deutsche Rentensystem dringend reformiert werden muss, da das Verhaltnis von Beitragszahlern zu Rentnern immer ungünstiger werden wird. Die Regierungskommission “Verlasslicher Generationenvertrag” hat Ende Marz 2020 in ihrem...