This paper uses a semi-parametric empirical model to estimate the economic benefitsof adopting a property rights-based management program in the Gulf of Mexico grouperfishery. The analysis predicts that a rights-based fleet will be comprised of fewer, morecost efficient boats than under the...

This paper estimates a structural model of multiple-species harvesting costs in the easternGulf of Mexico reef fish fishery. The calibrated model is used to predict fleet size, vessellevelharvesting activity and fleet-wide revenues and costs that are expected under a proposedindividual fishing...

With a population of 82.5 million, the German market is the largest in the EU and therefore of specialinterest for the trade partners. Despite an unsatisfying economic development in the last years (lowestGDP growth in the EU and rising unemployment, see Table 9 in the annex) Germany is still a...

...Angesichts der Tatsache, dass die beiden "Autonationen" älter werden,liegt es auf der Hand zu untersuchen, vor welche Herausforderungen dieAlterung der Bevölkerung die Automobilindustrie stellt.

Diese Arbeit geht an zwei Beispielen der Frage nach, wie sich die Privatisierung auf und in Eisenbahnunternehmen auswirkt.