This dissertation was prepared by Jasmin Gröschl and is a collection of five self-contained empirical essays. They aim at contributing to the understanding of non-standard determinants of trade and migration: historical and cultural characteristics in the United States (Chapter 1),...

Space is an important dimension in agricultural markets because of the relatively high transport costs and the high spatial concentration of food production. However, only a few studies consider space as a factor. This doctoral thesis bridges the gap. First, the analytical results for all...

The extraordinary height of the U.S. current account deficits in the 90s gave rise to concern, a variety of papers and political recommendationsrevealing the very contrary opinions of economists on the subject.From this alarming evolution, the question of sustainability of such a...

The purpose of this study is to construct a macroeconometric model for theSaudi Arabian economy in order to assess the effects of external shocks through suchvariables as the price of (oil) exports, real (oil) exports, and the price of imports. Thismodel follows the methodology of the aggregate...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Economics, 1982.