This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...

This volume was prepared by Inga Heiland while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in July 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It comprises five chapters addressing one or more aspects of international trade and...

Es zeigt sich immer deutlicher, dass bessere Marktzugangsbedingungen alleine nicht ausreichen, um Handelsmöglichkeiten in Entwicklungsländer zu erweitern. Auf Grund der Tendenz zur Senkung von Tarifbarrieren haben "nicht-tarifäre Maßnahmen" und "hinter der Grenze" Barrieren zunehmenden...

This cumulative dissertation contains four self-contained articles which are related to EU regional policy and its structural funds as the overall research topic. In particular, the thesis addresses the question if EU regional policy interventions can at all be scientifically justified and...