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Mixed oligopoly, cost-reducing research and development, and privatisation
We develop a mixed oligopoly model to examine the role of R&D subsidies and evaluate the welfare effects of privatisation. In solving the oligopoly model we propose a novel use of aggregative games techniques.
Maria José Gil-Moltó +2 more
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Airport privatisation: A successful journey?
It is now over 30 years since the first airport privatisation occurred with BAA in the UK in 1987. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to assess the impacts of this development and evaluate its effectiveness, using examples from all over the world.
Anne Graham
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Privatisation of government services in Australia: what is known about health and equity impacts [PDF]
Background Historically in Australia, all levels of government created collective wealth by owning and operating infrastructure, and managing natural assets, key public goods and essential services while being answerable to the public.
Julia Anaf, Toby Freeman, Fran Baum
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This paper explores and examines the distribution of environmental conflicts in Germany between 1985 and 2015, analysing the main causes for environmental conflicts related to privatisation and de-privatisation processes of urban services in 80 German ...
Gabriel Weber, Ignazio Cabras
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Artifical intelligence in surgery: ethical considerations in the light of social trends in the perception of health and medicine [PDF]
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and surgery is currently predicted to be very promising. However, AI has the potential to change the doctor’s role and the doctor–patient relationship.
Heiner Fangerau
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Neoliberal freedoms, privatisation and the future of physical education
Focussing on the ideological aspects of privatisation, this paper explores ways in which ‘freedom’ has been activated discursively to justify actions involving changes to both the structure and the content of formal education in the UK.
John Evans
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An illusion of success: The consequences of British rail privatisation
Highlights • The article challenges narratives of the success of UK rail privatisation using accounting data from Network Rail and private train operating companies.• Large government subsidies channelled through Network Rail have radically changed the ...
Andrew Bowman
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Background and objectives: Since 1991, several state-owned enterprises in distinct categories were transferred to the private sector under the privatisation policy in Ethiopia. The process and its modalities vary.
Mohammed Ahmed Endris +2 more
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This article discusses how populism and political uncertainty are impacting on one of the main current trends in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, namely the privatisation of JHA.
Helena Carrapico, B. Farrand
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