The thesis consists of three empirical essays on trade, specialization and development. The first chapter studies the impact of greater economic integration (namely monetary unions) on trade, specialization and location of firms. Cost reductions due to greater economic integration may have...

The effects of geography and productivity on the global pattern of production are captured here in a specific factors gravity model. Simple enough for sharp results, the model is yet rich enough to contain the high dimensional productivity frictions in production and distribution of a many...

Landwirtschaftliche Produkte sind in Deutschland und Europa so billig wie nie - zahlreiche Betriebe können trotz agrarischer Rationalisierung und Subventionierung wirtschaftlich kaum überleben; zugleich ist die konventionelle industrialisierte Landwirtschaft, der wir unsere sichere...