This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

This thesis has three objectives. First, the thesis evaluates the alternative indirectmethods of measuring or identifying Iran's comparative advantage through revealedtrade performance. Secondly, it seeks to identify Iran's export potential byconsidering similar and comparable economies....

This dissertation consists of three essays pertaining to the causes of the levels and composition of the international trade flows of nations, and the consequential implications for the levels of per capita income and welfare of their populations. The first of these documents a pattern of...