Wie hat sich der Dienstleistungssektor in Deutschland in den letzten 40 Jahren entwickelt? Welchen Stellenwert hat er heute und wo ist er im internationalen Vergleich einzuordnen? Wie bedeutsam sind die wissensintensiven Unternehmensdienstleistungen (KIBS) sowie die IKT-Dienstleistungen gemessen...

Estimating farmers' supply responses to changes in framework conditions is important to in-form decision-makers on the expected impacts on production volume as well as the resulting land-use shifts. Existing agricultural supply response models generally require either larger databases with...

Trade between the countries of the Andean Community (AC) and Mercosur showed a positive trend throughout the nineties, although it slowed down in the second half of the decade and beginning of this decade. It can also be seen that if trade flows between the AC and Mercosur are adjusted according...

[Introduction] Brazil currently offers an important conceptual framework for food and nutritional security, and a relevant context of related public policy and programming. Recently, moreover, the country included the right to food among the social rights stipulated in its constitution. These...

This paper aims at analysing the determinants of the recent wave of European banks to Brazil under the context of the recent phase of banking internationalisation. In its first part, it analyses the process of banking internationalisation from both analytical and historical approach. Focusing on...

The BRIICS - Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa - are the largest developing countries in their respective regions. A snapshot of their trade policies shows they have already liberalised trade and foreign direct investment extensively, and thereby plugged themselves into...