I contribute to the theory of entangled political economy by showing how entanglement can be characterized in terms of political property rights. A political property right grants its holder a share of decision-making power in a specific context, as well as specifies to whom the costs and...

We consider an economy with two groups of individuals, rich and poor. A central authority can either directly redistribute income to the poor, or allow for some degree of informality in economic activities by not enforcing property rights. The optimal degree of informality depends upon the...

Teil einer 2bändigen Veröffentlichung (vgl. auch "Facetten der Globalisierung", siehe in dieser Nr.) des interdisziplinären Forschungskollegs "Globalisierung verstehen und gestalten" des "Ladenburger Kreises". Zunächst werden 6 Charakteristika der Globalisierung herausgearbeitet und in ihren...