Kiel Policy Brief No. 142: Taiwan and South Korea are generally considered to be more successful than many others in containing the...

Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and networks in determining...

Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) into the European Union (EU) has increased substantially over the last decade. Whereas the EU...

KBW 6: This study analyzes to what extent the rising share of foreign value added in exports and various factors of non-price...

KBW 12: The trend decline of productivity growth in Germany is not due to a single cause but is the result of the interplay of...

In the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness of 2005 and related initiatives donor countries promised to render foreign aid more...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 12

Kiel Policy Brief No. 95: Since January 2014 China and the European Union (EU) have been negotiating a comprehensive bilateral...

We analyze the concentration of FDI in India at the district level, based on project-specific location choices since the reform...

Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and social capital in determining...

Based on evidence from national data, Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (AER 2012) suggest that growth of night lights can proxy reliably...

This paper investigates the role of personal relationships for doing business in the Greater Pearl River Delta, China. First, it...

This paper investigates the levels and the recent development of the spatial concentration as well as the co-agglomeration of the...

This paper establishes eight stylized facts on the evolution of the localization of economic activity across industries and regions in...

This paper argues for an ambitious but realistic approach to defining the future role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The...

The paper starts with a description of major reforms of EU policy in the network industries. Based on the normative economics of...