The essays of this book are contributions to the empirical Literature in International Trade and Public Economics. They deal with the relationship between the structure and quality of the public sector and the process of economic integration. Two of the essays add to the empirical determinants...

The PhD dissertation consists of three self-contained parts that deal with representing technology in environmental economic models. All three parts offer ways for improving economic models by leveraging knowledge on technologies collected by other academic disciplines. The first two parts...