This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 7th conference meeting of the Arnoldshain Research Network in Vienna 2006. Numerous researchers from the European Union and Latin American countries have contributed papers on trade, integration, open economy macroeconomics and the institutional framework, which all play an important role for economic development in Latin America. The problem of corruption is also discussed.

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Editor and Authors:Prof. Dr. Gabriele Tondl, Research Institute for European Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.Prof. Dr. Basilia Aguirre, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil.Prof. Dr. José Luis Arrufat, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Sergio V. Barone (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Valeria J. Blanco (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Michael Brei (Dipl.VW), Bonn Graduate School of Economics, Department of Economics, Germany.Prof. Dr. Alberto M. Díaz Cafferata, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Dr. Rinaldo Antonio Colomé, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Dr. Felicitas Nowak Lehmann Danzinger, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany.Prof. Guilherme Dias, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo, Brazil.Prof. Dr. Alberto J. Figueras, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Marcelo Florensa (Msc), Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Jorge Alberto Fornero (Lic.), Research Institute for European Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.Fernando M. Giuliano (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Matteo Grazzi, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milano.Dr. Dierk Herzer, Department of Economics, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt.Dr. Wolfgang Hetzer, Adviser to the Director General, European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Brussels.M. Dolores De La Mata (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Antonella Mori, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milano.Prof. Dr. Ángel Enrique Neder, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Laura Márquez-Ramos, Department of Economics, Universitat Jaume I, Spain.Prof. Dr. María Luisa Recalde, Department of Economics and Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. em. Dr. Ulrich Peter Ritter, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt.Jonatan Saúl (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Julieta Schiro (Lic.), Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Dr. Gabriele Tondl, Research Institute for European Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.Sebastian Vollmer (Dipl. Math.), Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Georg-August University, Germany.Prof. Fernando Valdivia Zarzosa, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics and Department of Economics, National University of Córdoba, Argentina.Prof. Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Department of Economics, Applied Economics, Universidad Jaime I, Spain and Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany.

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From the contents:Address of the Initiator of the Arnoldshain Seminars.- Open Economy Macroeconomics.- Institutions for Development: The Case of Corruption.- Trade and Integration Issues.- Regional Issues.- List of Authors.