This volume of contributions from some of the world's best-known international trade economists explores and analyzes the various aspects of commercial policy in a way that standard texts in international economics do not.

This collection provides exceptional descriptive and analytical insights into changes in corporate governance settings in ten Eastern and Western European countries. It demonstrates that there exist different varieties of capitalisms and paths to transformation of economic institutions. In...

Environmental economists have in general paid little or no attention to the political context within which green taxation would be introduced. In order to understand the real-life politics of green taxation, it is necessary to establish which political constraints determine the actual design of...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing theory and policy with a focus on metropolitan regions. The results are based on case studies of twelve European metropolitan regions, including expert panels organized in each. Using an approach from the field of industrial economics, the...

Jürgen Basedow, gegenwärtig Mitglied der Monopolkommission, faßt in diesem Buch seine Erfahrungen mit der Deregulierung in ganz verschiedenen Wirtschaftsbereichen zusammen. Dabei geht es um Deregulierungspflichten des EG-Rechts, um den Zusammenhang von Deregulierung und Harmonisierung sowie...