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Emiliya Lazarova

Date of Ph.D. defense:20 December 2006
Title of thesis:Stability, Governance and Effectiveness: Essays on the Service Economy
ISBN:90 5668 184 2
Promotores:Prof.dr. P. Ruys, Prof.dr. P. Borm and Prof.dr. R. Gilles

Abstract:
This thesis contains essays on the service economy. The issues studied in the essays are multifaceted. The main themes of stability, governance, and effectiveness are recurrent in different contexts: relational activities, group cooperation, country-level management and a very specific case of health care provision. The methodological tools employed are varied, too. In the theoretical essays, contributions are made to the literature on network and endogenous coalition formation. The empirical essays employ linear and non-linear regression models and use aggregate as well as micro-level data.

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