Die ersten drei Artikel (Kapitel 3, 4 und 5) analysieren unter welchen Bedingungen positive oder negative Auswirkungen von Standards auf Handel überwiegen. Wir betrachten die folgenden Determinanten: Marktkonzentration, Produktkomplexität, Qualität öffentlicher Institutionen und die Art des...

Germany's 'Agenda 2010' labour and welfare reforms contradict conventional wisdom that its political economy with many veto players disallows paradigmatic structural change. To address this puzzle, this paper presents an augmented version of the Veto Player Model. Introducing veto clusters to...

Germany's 'Agenda 2010' labour and welfare reforms contradict conventional wisdom that its political economy with many veto players disallows paradigmatic structural change. To address this puzzle, this paper presents an augmented version of the Veto Player Model. Introducing veto clusters to...