Studies of the rule of law have become ubiquitous in the past decade in the field of economics, and to a lesser extent, political science. Much of this work focuses on the domestic determinants of the rule of law or the implications of variation in the rule of law on various macroeconomic...

Die Beziehungen zwischen Außenhandel und politischen Konflikten ist ein immer wieder diskutiertes Thema. Bestehende Studien konzentrieren sich hierbei auf die Auswirkungen von Handelsströmen auf Konflikte, sie ignorieren jedoch meistens den institutionellen Kontext, in dem Außenhandel...

A major development within the international trading system during the post-World War II era is the creation and expansion of agreements to manage international trade. Although the GATT/WTO framework consumes the lion's share of attention in this realm, scholars increasingly acknowledge the rise...