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...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Financial instability after the global financial crisis: taxonomy and models -- 1. The Global Financial Crisis -- 2. Minsky's financial instability hypothesis -- 3. Financial...