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

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

COVID-19 has struck at the core of global value chains hub regions, including China, Europe and the US. The pandemic has severe...

The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl is commonly claimed to be ground zero for the diffusion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across Germany....

This essay discusses the economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the international trade...

For around four decades, a large part of worldwide production has been organized in so-called Global Value Chains (GVCs). Raw...

We study how urban land use fragmentation affects the subjective wellbeing of city residents. Therefore, we calculate fragmentation...

This paper reports the results from a statistical analysis of pharmaceutical price negotiations in Germany, where the pricing system...

This study examines structural differences in the subjective quality of health care in Germany using a newspaper survey. We find that...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 121: The author supports the hypothesis that the current positive financial position of the German health...

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy sees the uncertainty about actual coronavirus case numbers as a major problem for appropriate...