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...

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...

Seit ihrem Beitritt zur Europäischen Union gebührt den mittel- und osteuropäischen Staaten zunehmende Aufmerksamkeit seitens deutscher kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen. Deren internationale Wirtschaftsaktivitäten werden von politischen, kulturellen, unternehmensorganisatorisch-strukturellen...

The phenomenon of child labor is widespread in developing countries and emotionally discussed in the media and public. At present there is a well-developed and fast growing economic literature on child labor which covers the various aspects of child labor. In the first part of the thesis we give...

Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen von Globalisierung auf Kinderarbeit sowohl aus theoretischer als auch aus empirischer Perspektive, wobei der hauptsächliche Fokus auf empirischer Evidenz liegt. Das Buch präsentiert zuerst deskriptive Evidenz über die Formen und Verbreitung von...

This thesis deals with three selected dimensions of strategic behavior, namely investment in R&D, mergers and acquisitions, and inventory decisions in dynamic oligopolies.The question the first essay addresses is how the market structure evolves due to innovative activities when firms' level of...