Scientific core of the fellowship is a study on the position of public enterprises in a social market economy
Dr. Marcus Sidki, Professor of Economics and Statistics and Head of the Research Unit for Public and Nonprofit Enterprises at the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences, has been appointed Fellow at the Liberal Institute of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Berlin for a period of 12 months in September 2020.
In addition to networking activities with actors from politics, associations and business in the Berlin political arena and events as part of the foundation's political education activities, Sidki's fellowship will focus on a study on the topic of "public enterprises." The core of the study will be an analysis of the position of public enterprises in a social market economy and where there are possible excesses of state intervention and distortions of competition. Based on national and international scientific findings on the discussion about the pros and cons of such activities of the public sector, and taking into account regulatory aspects, the study is to result in policy-shaping suggestions in the sense of the foundation's mission.
Background:
Public enterprises are companies that are majority-owned by the public sector but not directly assigned to it. In Germany, there are currently around 18,000 such companies from various sectors with around 2.1 million employees. They include energy and heating suppliers as well as housing associations, hospitals and waste disposal companies. They mostly provide services of general interest and are generally in competition with companies from the private sector.
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom offers political education in Germany and around the world based on the idea of liberalism. The Liberal Institute is the foundation's think tank. It takes a stand on issues of the day, formulates substantive positions that thoughtfully develop the political model of liberalism, and puts them up for public discussion.
For more information, visit the foundation's homepage at: https://www.freiheit.org/freedom-fellow-marcus-sidki
Contact:
Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
Research Center for Public and Nonprofit Enterprises
Prof. Dr. Marcus Sidki
Tel. 0621/ 5203-558
E-mail: marcus.sidki@ 8< SPAM protection, please remove >8 hwg-lu.de
