This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...

The essays of this book are contributions to the empirical Literature in International Trade and Public Economics. They deal with the relationship between the structure and quality of the public sector and the process of economic integration. Two of the essays add to the empirical determinants...

Diese Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Charakterisierung optimaler Arbeitsmarktpolitik für verschiedene Erweiterungen des Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides Modells. Kapitel 1 beschreibt optimale Arbeitsmarktpolitik in einem ökonomisch turbulenten Umfeld, welches in Form von...