The inexorable rise in health care costs, despite elaborate regulatory attempts to check it, had led to new proposals for market reforms using incentives to change the behavior of both consumers and providers. The sixteen chapters of this volume examine all aspects of these proposals.

The inexorable rise in health care costs, despite elaborate regulatory attempts to check it, had led to new proposals for market reforms using incentives to change the behavior of both consumers and providers. The sixteen chapters of this volume examine all aspects of these proposals.

Projections made after the 1997 reconciliation legislation was enacted suggest that, sometime early in the next century if not before, the nation should enjoy its first surpluses since 1969. The improved fiscal outlook, however, has little to do with the 1997 legislation and more to do with the...

Discusses the three key elements of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings (GRH) that were expected to affect budgeting. Concludes that while many people regard the GRH law as a failure, it is not clear that any other process could have achieved it's modicum of success.

Cultural heritage is a complex and elusive concept, constantly evolving through time, and combining cultural, aesthetic, symbolic, spiritual, historical and economic values. The Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage outlines the contribution of economics to the design and analysis of...

La vente en ligne d'œuvres d'art devient un moyen important d'échange et de commercialisation des œuvres. Nous étudions cette nouvelle façon de mettre en contact acheteur e t vendeur à travers de sites spécialisés. Ce chapitre d'ouvrage comprend des tableaux comparatifs des portails et...

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every five years from 1960 to 2005. The estimation of a hedonic price function shows that page count, type of author, date and...

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every five years from 1960 to 2005. The estimation of a hedonic price function shows that page count, type of author, date and...

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every five years from 1960 to 2005. The estimation of a hedonic price function shows that page count, type of author, date and...