The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...

We review and interpret the main theoretical developments in the gravity literature from its very early, a-theoretical applications to the latest structural contributions. We also discuss challenges and implement methods to estimate empirical gravity equations. We finish with a presentation and...

Die Regionalisierungstendenzen des Lateinamerikahandels haben seit Beginn der 90er Jahre neuen Auftrieb bekommen. In Amerika gibt es derzeit vier Wirtschaftsräume: NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association; Nordamerika, Mexiko), MERCOSUR (Mercado Comun en el Cono Sur; Argentinien, Brasilien,...