In Zeiten des wirtschaftlichen Abschwungs greifen immer mehr Staaten zu weitreichenden protektionistischen Maßnahmen. Die Folgen des Protektionismus sind nicht zu unterschätzen, denn er schränkt den Freihandel nachhaltig ein und hemmt die wirtschaftliche Erholung. Dabei spielen im Gegensatz...

Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die weltweiten Temperatur- und der Niederschlagsschwankungen seit dem Jahr 2005 und zeigt mögliche Folgen einer extremen Wetterlage auf.

In an attempt to disentangle the impact of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on trade patterns, we estimate a Heckman selection model on the HS4 disaggregated level of trade. We find that aggregated SPS measures constitute barriers to agricultural and food trade consistently to all...

Do natural disasters trigger intensified international migration? The aim of this paper is to assess the extent to which disasters initiate bilateral migration. To motivate the empirical strategy, I construct a stylized theoretical gravity model of migration that introduces disasters as random...

Using SPS measures obtained from the SPS Information Management System of the WTO and controlling for zero trade flows, we find that SPS concerns reduce the probability of trade in agricultural and food products consistently. However, the amount of trade is positively affected by SPS measures...

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),...

The estimated amount of people affected by natural hazards stands at a staggering number of about 243 million people per year. While not all of the affected move across borders, international migration potentially provides an adaptation mechanism to natural hazards. The aim of this paper is to...