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German foreign investment is better than its reputation

The argument that the return on Germany’s foreign assets is poor cannot be substantiated, especially with regard to direct investment.

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German foreign investment, especially direct investment, is better than its reputation. Criticism of Germany’s net capital...

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Op-ed: The BRI could spread economic activity to rural and remote areas.

Survey data from 13 EU member states show that Europeans assess the impact of immigration on their country in a more positive...

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Our most recent forecasts for Germany, the Euro Area and the World Economy as well as current commentary on economic and...

A stop to climate change and a move away from fossil fuels will lead to profound changes in society and the lifestyles of...

Millions of refugees would like to come to Europe, especially Germany. How can these people be integrated? What are the...

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Geocoding firm-level data and matching them to georeferenced household survey data, we are the first to analyze whether the presence...

Frank Bickenbach , Wan-Hsin Liu , Peter Nunnenkamp

It is open to question whether the intensified worldwide competition for FDI has reduced its traditionally strong concentration in a...

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How do labour market policies influence employment's responsiveness to output fluctuations (employment-output elasticity)? We revisit...

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Globalization and the Jobs Ladder

Lund University Department of Economics Working Paper

11/2018

Carl Davidson , Fredrik Heyman , Steven Matusz ...

Globalization might affect the mix of jobs available in an economy and the rate at which workers gain skills. We develop a model in...

Stefan Kooths doubts the need of a common eurozone budget.

Rolf Langhammer says, it is unlikely that the threat of the US to withdraw from the WTO will become a reality. ...

Rolf Langhammer and Dennis Snower say, in case of a Brexit there have to be exceptions around the Irish border. ...

Holger Görg warns in his oped that the German government’s plan to tighten controls on foreign investment poses risks to its...

Underlining the risks to Germany’s export-led economy, the leading German economic institutes cut their growth forecast. ...

Empirical study from Christoph Trebesch and Manuel Funke about the effect of financial crisis on elections. ...

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