We investigate the effect of economic integration agreements on the stability of international trade at the 4 digit SITC level. Using annual trade data for over 180 countries from 1962 to 2005 we examine how economic integration agreements affect the length of trade relationships, the volume at...

A key prediction of a large class of theoretical models is that the location of economic activity is not necessarily determined by fundamentals. To test the empirical relevance of these ideas requires a natural experiment in which a large but ultimately temporary shock dislocates economic...

On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...

Innerhalb des Aufgabenfeldes der Raumplanung stellt die grenzübergreifende Kooperation einen aktuellen Brennpunkt dar, der auch zukünftig weiter an Bedeutung gewinnen wird. Gerade an der EU-Außengrenze kommt der intensiven grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit als Verbindungselement eine...