We use a version of the small-union Meade model to consider the effects of interdependent import tariffs in the presence illegal immigration. First, we analyze the condition under which illegal immigration is likely to increase (or decrease) in response to reciprocal trade liberalization between...

The Making of Economic Policy begins by observing that most countries' trade policies are so blatantly contrary to all the prescriptions of the economist that there is no way to understand this discrepancy except by delving into the politics. The same is true for many other dimensions of...

Dieses als "neue Bibel der Globalisierungskritik" beworbene Buch des Harvard-Ökonomen Rodrik beschäftigt sich kritisch mit der "Hyperglobalisierung", die er in einem "Trilemma" mit Demokratie und nationaler Selbstbestimmung sieht. Als Lösung des Trilemmas plädiert er mit ökonomisch...