The thesis is organized in a set of studies divided in three chapters. Chapter 2 and 3 focus on the Argentine and Brazilian industrial development empirically and they are based on the Analysis Program of Industrial Dynamics database (PADI) (Katz and Stumpo, 2001). PADI covers 28 manufacturing...

Insbesondere seit der Verabschiedung der Kartellschadensersatzrichtlinie 2014/104/EU durch das Europäische Parlament und den Rat im Dezember 20141 gelangt die privatrechtliche Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung auch in Europa immer mehr in den Mittelpunkt der rechtswissenschaftlichen Diskussion. In...

This thesis investigates whether Chinese firms improve their productivity through export and why this is the case; whether export and R&D investment have a complementary effect on improving firm performance; how to identify the dynamics of technological capabilities for a large group of firms and...