Im Mittelpunkt der Wettbewerbs- und Industriepolitik der EU stand im vergangenen Jahr der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission zur Dezentralisierung der Wettbewerbsaufsicht. Dieser Vorschlag der Kommission trägt revolutionäre Züge, gibt die Kommission doch damit ihr Monopol als Wettbewerbshüter in...

The objective of this paper is to assess the likely allocation effects of the current climate protection strategy as it is laid out in the National Allocation Plans (NAPs) for the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The multi-regional, multi-sectoral CGE-model DART is used to simulate the...

The paper argues that measuring revealed comparative advantages (RCA) in international trade in services cannot be straightforwardly compared to RCA in trade in goods. The essential difference is that services are internationally exchanged not only by cross-border trade mainly subject to...