The usual way to evaluate the implications of new technology for economic growth is through growth accounting techniques. This methodology has, of course, been widely employed to examine the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) and the results have dominated thinking on the...

Following the implementation of the government’s fuel poverty strategy in 2001, Warm Front is expected to make a substantial contribution to reducing the number of fuel poor households – those unable to afford to heat their homes adequately1. This report focuses on the targeting of the...

This report was jointly commissioned by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) in the Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Economic and Social Research Council. It containsboth full and summary reports of a literature review of neighbourhood change, undertaken withthe primary aim of...

This paper reviews some issues relevant to the delivery of public services. Itreviews some of the debates and flags some issues that are significantworldwide, especially in Africa. It emphasises how the debate has movedalong in terms of defining the relative responsibilities of the public...

Arguably the most important campaign finance regulations in U.S. federal elections are limitsimposed on the amount that an individual or organization may donate to a federal campaign. Suchcontribution limits are advocated on two separate grounds. The first is that they prevent corruption,the...

This paper gives an overview of the theories underlying the major portfolio performance measurement models, with an empirical application to assess the market timing and stock-picking abilities of an exhaustive sample of 60 Swiss-equity investment funds over the 1977-1999 period.

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier untersucht das System der Katastrophenversicherung in Spanien untersucht und mit dem Schweizer System der kantonalen Gebäudeversicherung verglichen.

Vorliegendes Dokument beschäftigt sich mit dem Gebäudeversicherungsmarkt in Frankreich. Der Versicherunsschutz soll mit einheitlichen Preise belegt werden. Da dies bis jetzt jedoch noch nicht erfolgt ist, ergeben sich negative Auswirkungen für Versicherungsnehmer und Staatsfinanzen, welche im...