The Dutch health care system: can the Germans go Dutch?
In: Occasional paper 93
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In: Occasional paper 93
In: Journal of economics, Volume 59, Issue 3, p. 287-309
ISSN: 1617-7134
In: Discussion paper No. 478
In: S & D, Volume 65, Issue 4, p. 4
ISSN: 0037-8135
In: European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 11, Issue 3, p. 577-598
In: European journal of political economy, Volume 11, Issue 3, p. 577
ISSN: 0176-2680
In: Openbaar bestuur: tijdschrift voor beleid, organisatie en politiek, Volume 20, Issue 10, p. 20-24
ISSN: 0925-7322
In: EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration, p. 71-107
The tensions between books and book markets as expressions of culture and books as products in profit-making businesses are analysed and insights from the theory of industrial organisation are given. Governments intervene in the market for books through laws concerning prices of books, grants for authors and publishers, a lower value-added tax, public libraries and education in order to stimulate the diversity of books on offer, increase the density of retail outlets and to promote reading. An overview of the different ways by which countries differ in terms of market structures and government policies is given. Particular attention is paid to retail price maintenance. Due to differences between European countries it is not a good idea to harmonise European book policies. Our analysis suggests that the book market seems quite able to invent solutions to specific problems of the book trade and that, apart from promoting reading, there is little need for government intervention.
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