Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Implementierungsmöglichkeiten von Sozialstandards in die Welthandelsorganisation (WTO). Dabei wird ein 'ganzheitlicher Ansatz' gewählt, um festzustellen, wie die einzelnen Ebenen hierzu stehen. Die Ebenen werden dabei untergliedert in die...

In this paper, we employ a public choice perspective to analyze the development of policies for renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU in general and in Germany more specifically. In doing so, we explain the main characteristics of current RES policies in the EU by reference to the...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in the process of re-inventing itself with bilateral and multilateral surveillance emerging as a key function. The paper analyses how IMF surveillance announcements may be influenced by political power that member countries exert at the IMF. First, we...