Angaben aus der Verlagswerbung: Das bewährte Lehrbuch behandelt zum einen die Prinzipien der internationalen Arbeitsteilung, ihre Auswirkung auf die Volkswirtschaften, die Hypothesen zur Erklärung von Güterbewegungen und Faktorwanderungen, das Konzept des Handelsgleichgewichts sowie die...

This paper studies the concept of an international economic order, i.e. an institutional arrangement of international rules. Such rules emerge from negative experiences – historical disasters – that inflict severe hardship on people. A taxonomy for rules reducing transaction costs is...

In a series of summits, leading countries of the world will meet to draw up an international arrangement for financial stability. Such a rule system should prevent a financial crisis as we have seen it in 2007 and 2008. It should include appropriate principles of monetary policy, rules for...

The paper looks at the global environment as a public good and as a sink for CO2-emissions. It discusses problems to be solved in institutional arrangements to protect global environmental media and looks at criteria for allocating the costs of emission reduction and emission rights. It analyzes...

This paper studies the concept of an international economic order, i.e. an institutional arrangement of international rules. Such rules emerge from negative experiences historical disasters - that inflict severe hardship on people. A taxonomy for rules reducing transaction costs is developed,...