A number of theoretical studies have tended to trace the nature of globalization process' impacts (mostly characterised by trade opening) on informality, while relevant empirical literature has been not well developed. The paper aims to fill this knowledge gap by shedding further light on the...

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...

Diese Arbeit will einen Beitrag zur Klärung des Befriffes Globalisierung leisten. Im Rahmen eines einfachen Modells werden zwei relevante Globalisierungsszenarien analysiert, wobei besonderes Augenmerk auf eine klare Trennung zwischen den Effizienz- und den Verteilungswirkungen gelegt wird. Wir...