The present paper studies the land use change impacts of fuels and biofuels. We test the theoretical hypothesis, which says that changes in fuel prices cause changes in land use both directly and indirectly and, because of price inter-dependencies, biofuels reinforce the land use change impacts....

Mirella Cacace beschreibt die Entwicklung des USamerikanischen Gesundheitssystems von den 1930er Jahren bis heute und erklärt den Wandel mithilfe der neuen Institutionenökonomie. Es zeigt sich, dass das System - entgegen der Idee von den "freien Märkten" - eine immer stärkere Steuerung...

The world is becoming increasingly global. This raises important challenges for regulatory processes which still largely emanate from domestic jurisdictions. In order to eliminate unnecessary regulatory divergences and to address the global challenges pertaining to systemic risks, the...