Kiel Policy Brief Nr. 128: Die Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) hat die USA autorisiert, Ausgleichzölle auf Importe aus der Europäischen Union im Wert von 5-8 Mrd. Euro zu erheben.

In der Öffentlichkeit wird häufig das Bild verbreitet, Biokraftstoffe könnten nicht halten was sie versprechen, nämlich einen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz und zur Energiewende zu leisten.

Pünktlich zu den Klimaverhandlungen in Paris haben große Brände in Indonesien die Bedeutung der Regenwälder für den Klimaschutz wieder in den Fokus

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased substantially over the past decades and so has FDI in Africa. However, still only 3 percent of glob

German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa is lagging behind China, France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and other economies. It represented only 1 percent of the German total FDI stock abroad in 2018 and is concentrated in few African...

This report examines key aspects of the European Union-China economic relationship, including trade, investment and China’s key strategic project overseas, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We conclude that China is, and will continue to be, a...

This paper looks at the importance of CSR considerations in the decision taken by a foreign affiliate of a multinational company about the choice of local suppliers. We investigate this empirically using unique firm level data for more than 2,000...

The highly complex system of global value chains (GVCs) relies on the smooth functioning of global trade, which has been severely affected by COVID-19. In addition to the drop in demand and supply, containment measures are hampering the flow of goods...

This paper studies the relationship between firm markups and importing intermediate inputs and exporting using detailed firm-level data from Hungary in 1995-2003. We estimate production functions structurally to obtain firm-year-level productivity...

In diesem Papier unterstützt eine Gruppe von prominenten Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern das Hilfspaket der Bundesregierung vom März 2020 für die Wirtschaft in der Corona-Krise. Gleichzeitig jedoch fordern sie die Regierung auf, mehr zu tun. Es seien...