Volume 3(4), 2015
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CITIZEN-ORIENTED SERVICES
ABSTRACT. Following United Nations’ E-Government Survey, a meta-analysis on sustainable development and the implementation of citizen-oriented services complements the growing literature on e-government advantages for sustainable development, the worldwide tendency in the direction of a more citizen..
WHAT IS LEFT TODAY? ANALYZING OPEC’S INFLUENCE ON THE CRUDE OIL PRICE
ABSTRACT. This paper briefly examines whether OPEC is able to keep the crude oil price above long-term marginal extraction costs. A comprehensive analysis of the most important determinants of both the oil price and extraction costs reveals a coherent picture of how those forces interact. We find th..
CONSTRAINTS ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: INEQUALITY, INFORMALITY AND THE FAILURES OF MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS
ABSTRACT. Healthcare in Russia has gone through many transformative stages, from a Soviet-era model of public provision to a shift toward partial privatization under economic liberalization during the 1990s. Both have legacies that survive to the present, and now a mix of both public and private hea..
SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY OF 31 EUROPEAN AND 5 OTHER OECD COUNTRIES FROM 2003 TO 2014: DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS?
ABSTRACT. The focus of this paper lies on the “driving forces” of the size and development of the shadow economy in 31 European and 5 other non-European OECD countries from 2003 to 2014. Influential factors on the shadow economy are tax policies and state regulation, which, if rising, increase the s..
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS A TOOL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT. The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on the growing tendency for e-government and electronic service distribution, the embracing of e-government instruments to accelerate regulatory reform, and the capacity of empowered communities and cooperative gover..