This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the innovation incentives of firms, and what this implies for industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms and...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on foreign...

Opportunities for well-paid employment for women are scarce in many African countries. Entrepreneurship is therefore one way in which women can earn a decent livelihood for themselves and their families. Despite the potential opportunities arising...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of heterogeneous firms, assuming that foreign workers allow for productivity gains and convey valuable information on foreign...

We explore the export performance of Africa’s underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel, a comprehensive dataset of manufacturing firms for 2011–2015. Uniquely, the data provides information about the severity of key...

This paper examines how military spending and spending on military research and development has affected macroeconomic productivity growth as part of an international comparison. Data from 14 OECD countries were used for the period 1961-1985.

KBW 2: After the reunification, in Germany economic growth was weak from a historical as well as international perspective. In particular, the years between 19

This paper provides new insights into the relationship between exchange rates and productivity developments for European Economies. We focus on the question whether productivity changes have a long-run impact on real effective exchange rates for a...

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 multiple factors with time-varying relative importance.

Kiel Policy Brief No. 57: In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 policymakers became concerned about a slowdown of potential growth. In his Kiel Policy Brief Mewael F. Tesfaselassie discusses monetary policy response to potential...