Transactional Costs in Healthcare – Macroeconomic Aspects

Electronic Negotiations of the Transactional Costs Perspective

The negotiation process can be understood as a framework around a transaction. Thus, the paper analyzes research on electronic negotiations of the transaction-costs perspective. It reflects the consideration of different origins of transaction costs within the particular negotiation phases. The evaluation suggests three future research directions: Opportunistic behavior in all electronic negoti...

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Publicly Funded Healthcare

Macroeconomic Aspects of Aging and Retirement

This book will focus on the role of aging and rising life expectancy in the arena of higher education in present times in particular, and on the promotion of human development/welfare in general. The researcher brings out the importance of pension as a tool of welfare promotion for all categories of workers, thus not excluding the uncovered segments in the informal sector and private companies ...

Macroeconomic Aspects of Aging and Retirement

This book will focus on the role of aging and rising life expectancy in the arena of higher education in present times in particular, and on the promotion of human development/welfare in general. The researcher brings out the importance of pension as a tool of welfare promotion for all categories of workers, thus not excluding the uncovered segments in the informal sector and private companies ...

Macroeconomic Aspects of Private Retirement Programs

The decline in importance of private defined benefit plans in relation to defined contribution plans in the United States is a major issue of interest to pension actuaries. This decline has been attributed to numerous factors: costs of government regulation, societal and cultural changes, changed employer attitudes, and employees’ lack of understanding of defined benefit plans. It has also caus...