This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

Die vorliegende Dissertation verwendet empirische Methoden zur Untersuchung von Problemen in den Bereichen Makroökonomie, internationaler Handel, Politische Ökonomie und Verhaltensökonomie. Kapitel 1 besteht aus einer Zusammenfassung der Literatur zur Frage, welche Faktoren die...

This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...

Es zeigt sich immer deutlicher, dass bessere Marktzugangsbedingungen alleine nicht ausreichen, um Handelsmöglichkeiten in Entwicklungsländer zu erweitern. Auf Grund der Tendenz zur Senkung von Tarifbarrieren haben "nicht-tarifäre Maßnahmen" und "hinter der Grenze" Barrieren zunehmenden...

The essays of this book are contributions to the empirical Literature in International Trade and Public Economics. They deal with the relationship between the structure and quality of the public sector and the process of economic integration. Two of the essays add to the empirical determinants...