Rückgreifend auf einen analytischen Rahmen, der von Barbara Koremenos, Charles Lipson und Duncan Snidal im "Rational Design" Projekt entworfen wurde, werden die institutionell stark unterschiedlichen Methoden der internationale Handelsdisputlösung für Privatparteien untersucht. Diese Methoden...

The article provides a theoretical framework of international unions in the form of two two-stage games with discounting and one simultaneous game aimed at generating insights into the conflict between widening and deepening in the integration process. Each country (player) has a preference for...

Divergent national standards often inhibit trade in goods and services. Consequently, the setting of international standards is rapidly becoming an issue of considerable economic and political salience. But who sets international standards? Who wins, who loses? Building on previous studies we...