Machine generated contents note: 1 Classical Statistical Procedures -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Score Vector, the Information Matrix, and the Cramer-Rao -- Lower Bound -- 1.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimators and Test Procedures -- 1.4 Nuisance Parameters -- 1.5 Differentiation and Asymptotics --...

In this thesis, I dealt with the question if the so-called 'New New Trade Theory' can also be applied to the agricultural sector, and if so, which recommendations arise. The thesis consists of five discussion papers dealing with a special problem each. While the first two papers focus on...