KBW 35: The authors note that the number of ship passages through the Kiel Canal (NOK) declined during the observation period starting in...

KBW 32: The buzzword "big data" is used to describe new and unconventional data sources that differ from standard business statistics.

Kiel Policy Brief Special Corona-Update 4: This policy brief examines the effects of the Covid19 pandemic on international trade.

Global container ship movements may reliably predict global trade flows. Aggregating both movements at sea and port call events produces a...

Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding its economic...

We provide a calculation tool to assess the properties of a maximumlikelihood (ML) estimator that extrapolates the true prevalence of an...

Despite having disappeared from the news since its peak in 2011, piracy continues to threaten maritime shipping. Combining firm-level customs...

As of October 18th, 2019 the United States will be able to impose tariffs on European aircrafts and a variety of consumer goods including...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 133: With the announced withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on January 31, 2020, uncertainty about...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 128: The World Trade Organization (WTO) has authorized the Unites States to impose tariffs on goods from the European...