Is the harmonization of different food standards between countries in the context of free trade agreements exclusively positive, or is there a risk of high social costs for consumers? The harmonization of different national regulations plays an important role in contemporary trade policy. In...

Even though trade negotiations have increasingly come to focus on regulatory issues, the full impacts, that is, both social costs and benefits of regulatory changes, often remain unexamined in trade impact assessments. To bridge this gap, we scrutinize the theoretical foundations, methodologies...

Can consumers trust that the food they buy in the supermarket, even if imported, is not harmful to their health? What would be the consequences if their trust in existing health and safety standards were to be undermined by recognizing lower foreign standards? Against the backdrop of public...

Im Rahmen dieser Studie wird der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für ein CO2-Grenzausgleichssystem (CBAM) einer ökonomischen sowie rechtlichen Analyse unterzogen. Die Analyse des CBAM-Vorschlags zeigt, dass sowohl hinsichtlich der Frage der Effektivität als auch im Hinblick auf die...