Frank Bickenbach

Deputy head

Topics: Foreign Direct Investments, Innovation and Competition, Europe, China

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Main research interests

Structural Change
Institutional Economics
Innovation in China
EU-China relations
Foreign Direct Investment

Frank Bickenbach studied economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (degree: Diplom-Volkswirt) and at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. He joined the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in 1993. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher of Research Groups International Trade and Investment and Innovation and International Competition of the Research Center Trade. His research focuses on foreign direct investment, innovation and structural change with a focus on China and the EU.

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Policy Article
Foul Play? On the Scale and Scope of Industrial Subsidies in China Kiel Policy Brief
04/2024 Download

Bickenbach, F., Dohse, …
Policy Article

China’s economic policy priority: regaining strength and preparing for mounting conflicts
Kiel Focus
07/2023

Frank Bickenbach, Wan-Hsin Liu
Policy Article
Digitalization, Decarbonization, Demography. The Management of Change. Report on the Development of the Thuringian Economy Kieler Beiträge zur Wirtschaftspolitik
03/2022 Download

Bickenbach, F., Bode, …
Policy Article

The EU-China Investment Agreement as seen from Europe: achievements with shortfalls
Kiel Focus
02/2021

Frank Bickenbach, Wan-Hsin Liu

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Corona: Successful crisis management increases attractiveness for direct investments in Taiwan and South Korea

03.06.2020

Taiwan and South Korea have so far come through the corona crisis much better than many other economies. The keys to success have included pandemic-experienced and efficiently acting authorities, excellent medical care and research, and the use of digital tracking technologies. In the international competition for foreign capital, which is likely to intensify after the Corona crisis, Taiwan and South Korea have gained an advantage through their crisis-proven competencies, according to a recent Kiel Institute analysis.

Frank Bickenbach

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Main research interests

EU Concerns about Chinese Subsidies: What the Evidence Suggests

How China Plans to Cope with Internal and External Economic Challenges

Goodbye China: What do fewer foreigners in China mean for multinationals and the Chinese Economy?

Is foreign aid concentrated increasingly on needy and deserving recipient countries? An analysis of Theil indices, 1995–2015

China’s economic policy priority: regaining strength and preparing for mounting conflicts

The EU-China Investment Agreement as seen from Europe: achievements with shortfalls

Corona: Successful crisis management increases attractiveness for direct investments in Taiwan and South Korea

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