This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of living standards in Angola during the colonial period, with a specific focus on the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), the largest and most profitable company in Portuguese colonial history. Employing the "barebones subsistence...

This research paper provides a perspective on how climate change adaptation has progressed in the multilateral space, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It describes adaptation and financial institutions under the climate regime and the current scope of...

Dieses Arbeitspapier ist das Ergebnis eines ostasienwissenschaftlichen Seminars der Universität Duisburg zu den deutschen/europäischen außenpolitischen und außenwirtschaftspolitischen Beziehungen mit Japan, dessen Zielsetzung die Erstellung eines Gutachtens für das Auswärtige Amt war...

We empirically analyze the effect of UN and US economic sanctions on life expectancy and its gender gap in target countries. Our sample covers 98 less developed and newly industrialized countries over the period 1977-2012. We employ a matching approach to account for the endogeneity of...