infonet-economy

Using disaggregated quarterly trade data for Switzerland over 2004-2011, we study exchange rate pass through (ERPT) into imported intermediate input prices and its role in the price setting behavior of exporters. We explicitly include disaggregated proxies for imported input prices in our analyses to investigate whether Swiss exporters may have "naturally hedged" exchange…

This paper reviews the economic interventions by governments and central banks in response to the 2007-2009 financial and economic crisis.

In the area of trade policy, we find that protectionism has increased substantially, with governments targeting in particular the products of declining industries and financial services. Nevertheless, spiralling protectionism as in the…

Some trade policy commentators have questioned whether state measures (often subsidy-like measures) provided under the mask of "green growth" strategies indeed do target or promote "green" production, consumption or investment. Or whether the use of such measures is just a consensual way to introduce new discrimination against some or all trading partners -…

Der E.ON Energie AG Siegelbruchfall ist die erste eigenständige Verurteilung eines Unternehmens für ein verfahrensrechtliches Vergehen im Bereich des europäischen Kartellrechts. Wurden solche Vergehen früher im Regelfall noch im Rahmen des
Verfahrens für den eigentlichen materiell-rechtlichen Verstoss berücksichtigt, so handelt es sich bei dem vorliegenden Fall um die erste…