Ökonomisch gesehen ist die natürliche Ressource Wasser ein Input, das für die Produktion bestimmter Gütern und Dienstleistungen benötigt wird. Der häufig sehr geringe monetäre Wert des Wassers spiegelt dabei die ökonomische Bedeutung nur unzureichend wider. Die Menge an Wasser,die für...

The proposal involves the establishment of ?welfare accounts? for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...

The paper argues that measuring revealed comparative advantages (RCA) in international trade in services cannot be straightforwardly compared to RCA in trade in goods. The essential difference is that services are internationally exchanged not only by cross-border trade mainly subject to...