Contrary to the wide-held perception that increased international competition will lead to the erosion of environmental standards we show that economic integration, such as NAFTA, may instead lead to tighter environmental control. In maximizing political support the administration will trade off...

In diesem Aufsatz wird gezeigt, wie die Forschungsleistungen volkswirtschaftlicher Fachbereiche mit Hilfe eines publikationsanalyischen Verfahrens quantitativ abgeschätzt werden können. Das vorgestellte Verfahren erfasst alle einschlägigen Zeitschriftenartikel, die im Social Science Citation...

The Pollution-Haven Hypothesis suggests that tight environmental standards reduce domestic producers' competitiveness and give rise to their relocating to countries with more lenient standards. This paper questions that relocation is always caused by reduced competitiveness at home. By using a...

The pollution-haven hypothesis suggests that strict environmental standards reduce domestic producers' competitiveness and result in relocation to countries with more lenient standards. This paper examines the question of whether relocation is always caused by reduced competitiveness at home. By...

The Baltic republics are intricately intertwined with the Soviet economy through trade, importing energy and raw materials, and through exporting products of light and food processing industries. They are among the most prosperous republics with trade deficits of 8-16% of NMP according to Soviet...

Revenue sharing, i.e. workers' remuneration according to enterprise performance, has been advocated as a means against labor shortage (in socialist economies) and also as a solution to unemployment problems (in capitalist economies), with reference to the effects of revenue sharing upon workers'...