In this thesis, I dealt with the question if the so-called 'New New Trade Theory' can also be applied to the agricultural sector, and if so, which recommendations arise. The thesis consists of five discussion papers dealing with a special problem each. While the first two papers focus on...

This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...

Kasachstan, Russland und die Ukraine (KRU), auch unter der Bezeichnung Schwarzmeerregion bekannt, sind erstmals Mitte der 1990ziger als Weizenexporteure aufgetreten und tragen seitdem zur weltweiten Ernährungssicherung und dem globalen Agrarhandel bei. Insbesondere von 2000 bis 2010 machte der...