Privatization Policies by National and Regional Governments

Distribution of Powers between Central Governments and Sub-national Governments

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Pathology of the Implementation of Privatization Policies in Iran

Objective:Privatization is considered as one of the most important components of new public management with its pros and cons. However, privatization has been accepted and implemented as a policy in the whole political and economic system of Iran, but the barriers and dysfunctions of privatization policy implementation has reduced its effectiveness and efficiency in solving the problems of the ...

DRAFT ! Will Consolidation Improve Sub - National Governments ?

Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Recent Experiences with Consolidation ...................................................................................................................... 4 Consolidation and the Costs of Delivering Government Ser...

Brexit, EU Area-based Policies, and the Devolved Governments

Governments' Revenues Windfalls and the Stabilisation Function of Fiscal Policies

We analyse the size and potential determinants of governments' revenues windfall in the European Union. Using information about fiscal plans taken from the Stability and Convergence Programmes (SCP) submitted between 1998 and 2006, revenue windfalls are found to have represented on average 0.23% of GDP in the euro-area during the period 19992007, hiding substantial variations both across time (...