Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By...

Economic globalisation and technological change are the two issues that concerned people in the past, concern them today and will concern them in the future - all over the world, poor or rich. Traditionally, questions about allocative effects are asked: What are the labour market implications?...

Modellierung der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen als coevolutionärer Entwicklungsprozess -- Wechselseitige Interdependenzen innerhalb und zwischen multinationalen Unternehmen -- Folgen pfadabhängiger Entwicklungen für multinationale Unternehmen und ausländische Gastländer --...

Foreword (by Sugata Marjit, Reserve Bank of India Professor of Industrial Economics and Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Kolkata, India) -- Chapter 1. Role of FDI in Developing Countries: Basic Concepts and Facts -- Chapter 2. General Equilibrium Models:...

Dynamische Investitionsrechnung und Steuerplanung im internationalen Kontext -- Optimale Repatriierungspolitik unter Sicherheit -- Optimale Repatriierungspolitk unter Unsicherheit -- Zusammenfassung und Fazit.

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are an important instrument for the protection of foreign direct investment (FDI). However, compared to international trade law, international investment law has so far received only little research attention from an economic point of view. By applying a law...

Investigates the dynamic welfare effects of exposure to trade in a new trade model. This book uses a new trade model to explore which country-specific conditions give rise to horizontal or vertical multinational activity. It analyzes the role of goods trade and horizontal multinational firms in...