Space is an important dimension in agricultural markets because of the relatively high transport costs and the high spatial concentration of food production. However, only a few studies consider space as a factor. This doctoral thesis bridges the gap. First, the analytical results for all...

New infrastructure projects may affect CO2 emissions and, thus, cost benefit analyses for these projects require a value to apply for CO2. This may be based on the marginal social cost of emissions or on the carbon price resulting from present and future policies. This paper argues that both...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...