The objective of this work is to investigate how Common Agricultural Policy's (CAP) direct payments influence the development of farm structures and therefore performance and income disparities between farms. In this study the focus is put on the comparison of impacts of changes in direct...

Die jüngste Zuspitzung der griechischen Schuldenkrise hat die Diskussion über einen möglichen Schuldenschnitt erneut angefacht. Dabei werden häufig Regelungen gefordert, die im Gegensatz zum aktuellen Rettungsschirm und den bestehenden Beschlüssen für dessen Anschlussreglungen einen...

CO2 storage opportunities and the location of coal-fired power plants are located far apart throughout Europe, suggesting the need for a region-wide CO2 pipeline network or at least a considerable number of cross-border transport pipelines. Regionally coherent policy would be needed to embed a...

This paper empirically investigates the effects of US safeguard protection on steel imports in 2002 on the mark-ups of EU steel producers. We identify a large panel of European steel producers between 1995 and 2004 affected by the safeguards. Using the Roeger method, our results show that US...

This paper has two main objectives. First, we aim to discuss current developments in the field of AD and document the AD practices in the world. Second, we aim to assess the implications of possible future enlargement of the EU to include Turkey on the AD practices of both. We show that there is...