"This book seeks to understand the simultaneous economic and political contributors to China's changing agricultural protection levels and the central government's choice of policy instruments to tax or assist farmers. It theoretically explores the motivation behind agricultural trade-related...

"Free-market economists often have noted that there are winners and losers in a competitive capitalist world. The question of how to deal with the difficult real-life consequences faced by the losers, however, has largely been ignored. Populist politicians have tried repeatedly to address the...

This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by anticipation of trading...

Dieser Beitrag nutzt einen einfachen spieltheoretischen Rahmen, um die protektionistischen Tendenzen der jüngeren Vergangenheit als Ergebnis der Interaktion von politischen Entscheidungsträgern in zwei Ländern zu verstehen. Die (in diesem Rahmen: binäre) Politikentscheidung zwischen...