This article introduces a new econometric model that includes an innovative measure of intersectoral structural change. This model...

KKB 75: The global economy continued to recover in the winter semester, despite the number of new infections with the coronavirus...

The EU was able to achieve important successes in its investment agreement with China, but falls short of its original goals. For...

In the third quarter of 2020, the global economy rebounded strongly from the steep fall in output suffered in the first half of the...

We investigate the relationship between energy intensity and firms’ internationalization strategies by using data for Indian firms...

This paper uses data for Indian firms over the period 1987 to 2016 to estimate a panel data model that considers firm heterogeneity to...

Can South-South FDI, or investment flows between institutionally comparable partners better stimulate growth through backward...

This paper evaluates firms’ exporting responses to BRI and considers their heterogeneity in ownership types, product types, regional...

We explore the export performance of Africa’s underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel, a...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

This article investigates whether China’s foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving...

The impacts of the “COVID-19 shock” on African economies are unfolding rapidly and can be expected to vary widely by country. The...

The Covid-19 pandemic is a major test for governments around the world. We study the political consequences of (mis-)managing the...

We quantify the contemporaneous relationships among stock markets in the euro area, the United States, and a group of emerging...

Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of donor countries...

A large share of global trade being priced and invoiced primarily in US dollar rather than the exporter's or the importer's currency...

Comparing the emigration rates of countries at different stages of economic development, an inverse u-shape emerges. Although merely...

Comparing emigration rates of countries at different stages of economic development, an inverse u-shape emerges. ...

Populism at the country level is at an all-time high, with more than 25% of nations currently governed by populists. How do economies...

KKB 69: The world economy contracted by close to 10 percent in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-10 pandemic unfolded.  After a 3...