Die veränderten ökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen im Zuge der sich seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre beschleunigenden Globalisierung des Wirtschaftens stellen neue Anforderungen sowohl an die „Regionalpolitik für die Regionen“, also die regionale Strukturpolitik durch EU, Bund und Länder, als...

The Commission's proposals regarding the implementation of art. 82 TEC are shortly presented. The authors show that they can be interpreted as another step towards a more economic approach because their implementation would strengthen the rule of reason even further. The Commission's proposal to...

The Commission's proposals regarding the implementation of art. 82 TEC are shortly presented. The authors show that they can be interpreted as another step towards a "more economic approach" because their implementation would strengthen the rule of reason even further. The Commission's proposal...

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...