The international system for the governance of foreign investments is highly fragmented consisting mainly of bilateral agreements. With the...

This paper analyses how China’s investments in Germany have developed over time and the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in this...

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of the global trade network underpinning global value chains. Initial disruptions in the...

Current global value chains are highly efficient, specialized and interconnected, but also highly vulnerable to global risks. The COVID-19...

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

Kiel Policy Brief No. 101: Against the background of the continuously weaker economic growth in China in the past few years, the Chinese...

With the expansion of the higher education system in China since the late 1990s, questions on the distribution of higher education...

The growth performance of the Chinese economy has been very strong over the last decade, even in the time of the current financial crisis that...

The government of the People’s Republic of China (China, hereafter) is widely perceived to play an active role in designing and maneuvering...

The growth performance of the Chinese economy has been very strong over the last decade, even in the time of the current financial crisis that...

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

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

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

Kiel Policy Brief No. 117: The authors reveal that on the one hand China alleviates inward FDI with a clear focus on promoting “quality” FDI...

Based on a household survey from China, this paper analyzes the effect of within-household relative income on happiness, taking into account...

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

The government of the People’s Republic of China (China, hereafter) is widely perceived to play an active role in designing and maneuvering...