This paper aims to analyse the effect of trade facilitation on sectoral trade flows. We use data from the World Bank’s Doing Business Database on the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import ...

Die vom Grünbuch vorgeschlagene Ersetzung der traditionellen Rechtshilfe durch eine transnationale Beweiserlangung auf der Grundlage des Prinzips gegenseitiger Anerkennung beruht auf zwei unbewiesenen Prämissen: Zum ...

The problem of defining suitable lines in a public transportation system (bus, railway, tram, or underground) is an important real-world problem that has also been well researched in theory. Driven by applications, it often ...

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between maritime trade and maritime freight rates at sectoral level. These rates and their effect on international trade will be estimated using highly disaggregated data ...

Non-governmental organizations (NGO) have become quite prominent in the field of international development in recent decades. Even though, NGO have taken the centre stage in the fight against poverty, social injustice and ...

Bilateral Free Trade Agreements have been used extensively by Chile to expand its exports and improve its competitive position in the world markets. It is the objective of this paper to analyze the role of trade agreements, ...

Bei der erstmaligen Überprüfungskonferenz des Rom-Statuts des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes („IStGH“), die vom 31.5. bis zum 11.6.2010 in Kampala (Uganda) stattfand, gelang eine Einigung über die Definition und ...

Specialization in agricultural systems can lead to trade-offs between economic gains and ecosystem functions. We suggest and explore a conceptual framework in which economic gains can be maximized when production activities ...

This article explores one challenge facing critical discourse studies (CDS) in today’s mediatised world: the ontological and epistemological assumptions which prompt studies to analyse the construction of social orders ...