Zusammenfassung Die Problematik des staatlichen Interventionismus steht im Zentrum ordnungspolitischer Analysen über Gründe oder Hemmnisse für wirtschaftliches Wachstum. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrags wird versucht, die Auswirkungen einer weit verbreiteten Spielart des Interventionismus auf die...

Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, inwieweit das Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland die Nachfrage nach medizintechnischen Innovationen - am Fallbeispiel bildgebender Verfahren - positiv beeinflußt. Der Analyserahmen dafür ist der „Diamant“-Ansatz Porters, der eine...

Summary The aim of the following paper is to examine the complementarities (and divergences) between the ‘Paleo-liberal’ Adam Smith and the Ordoliberal Walter Eucken. Following the hypothesis that Smith is among the forerunners and predecessors of Ordoliberalism and Social Market Economy, we...

Summary The article analyzes the inherent risks of paternalistic economic policies associated with the newly established economic sub-disciplines of behavioral economics, happiness economics and economic psychology. While the authors in general welcome these sub-disciplines for enriching and...

This paper unites elements of Sidrauski's (1967) monetary model of growth, Ventura's (1997) analysis of the effects of international trade on growth, and some work on the labour market implications of growth by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1995). It was shown by Ventura that, for a small economy,...

The influence of political developments on the evolution of economic thought is the main theme behind this book. As the authors reveal throughout the book, history has shown many times that political events can trigger the formulation of new economic conceptions that in turn influence the future...

During Vietnam’s transition from a socialist to a market economy, household’s property rights over agricultural land were considerably strengthened through a land certification program. This resulted in active formal credit and land markets, either of which potentially affects consumption...

This major Handbook provides country studies of the latest developments in financial reform in a selection of both developed and developing countries from Western Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, written by acknowledged experts in their fields. The outcome is an...