Comparing German and Dutch Institutions --; The Interplay of Institutions, Trade-offs, Performance and Trends --; Economic Developement in Comparison --; A Structural Comparison --; Governance of the Socio-economic Order: An Economic Perspective --; Social Protection --; Pensions --; Labour Market: Institutional Environment --; Labour Market: Institutional Arrangements --; Corporate Governance --; Science and Technology Policy --; Regulation and Competion Policies --; Electricity and Gas Markets --; Health Care --; Concluding Remarks.
Challenging Neighbours provides wide coverage of the German and Dutch economies, from an institutional point of view. Pensions, competition policy, labour relations, corporate governance, and health care are among the topics for which the institutional setting and performance of Germany and the Netherlands are compared. The difficulties and successes the countries have in facing pressures from aging population, developments in technology, and global competition are traced back to their institutional roots, and lead to mutual lessons for institutional reform for German and Dutch policy makers.
Germany -- Economic conditions.
Germany -- Economic policy.
Netherlands -- Economic conditions.
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C636
1997
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.