Klappentetxt: Seit 1870 hat sich in Europa die Zahl der jährlichen Arbeitsstunden pro Kopf halbiert. Im gleichen Zeitraum produzieren wir 18-mal mehr pro Stunde als vor 130 Jahren. Wieso müssen wir denn alle den Gürtel enger schnallen? Die Politik hat keine Antwort darauf gefunden, dass der...

The Belt and Road Initiative, due to its diverse and extensive infrastructure investments, poses a wide range of environmental risks. Some projects have easily identifiable and measurable impacts, such as energy projects' greenhouse gas emissions. Others, such as transportation infrastructure,...

This paper studies empirically the effects of and the interactions amongst economic and political liberalizations. Economic liberalizations are measured by a widely used indicator that captures the scope of the market in the economy, and in particular of policies towards freer international...