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The Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) works on an interdisciplinary research agenda that evaluates the proliferation of global supply chains as an important aspect of globalization.

The German current account surplus grew markedly over the last 15 years in relation to GDP, most recently reaching historically and internationally extraordinary levels. Apart from a large trade surplus, which has been the focus of numerous studies...

The CASS-IfW Workshop 2019 brings together scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) to discuss global economic challenges and explore together potential solutions. The one-day...

KBW 16: The German current account surplus in relation to GDP has reached record high levels in historical and international comparison over the last years. From an accounting perspective, the trade and the primary income surpluses, and here net...

Using detailed U.S. and Spanish export data, we document that trade costs of a per-shipment nature are associated with less frequent and larger shipment

The goal of this chapter is to summarize the state of the art in research in international trade and global production, and discuss issues relevant to European policymakers. Much of recent research on globalization is primarily empirical, owing to...

Most economists view trade as benefiting countries overall but leading to winners and losers within nations. This column summarises a recent survey about winners and losers from globalisation prepared in the context of the FP7 COEURE project. It...

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main...