The paper discusses the role of public authorities in the cultural sector. The level of public cultural expenditures is set by the budgets of central and local governments. Priorities in public cultural expenditures are largely determined by politicians. To evaluate…

In this paper, I examine the relationship between housing prices and transport improvements. Due to the general consumer preference for access over amenity value, there is a relationship between distance and house prices. Thus, it is reasonable to believe that…

The purpose of this research note is to demonstrate the usefulness of rational choice models in making party-system stability intelligible. First, the ‘problem of collective action among potential party-entrepreneurs’ makes it puzzling that new political parties emerge at all. Secondly,…

Iceland created national identification numbers in the early 1950s as part of the process of automating civil registration. Numbers were based on a person's birth­date. In 1959, an additional “name number” for each person was created, based on the position…

This paper describes the food retail market in the Nordic countries and in the countries applying for EU membership and analyses the impact of reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU. Three of the Nordic countries (Denmark,…

The purpose of the paper is to describe the structure of the retail sector in the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The most important economic factors within these countries are discussed, the position of the retail…

This paper compares the ability of two theoretical frameworks to account for the establishment of an R&D center in China by the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. Multinational corporations face several challenges and dilemmas when offshoring R&D activities. Barriers created…