Why are there so different economic forecasts for China? Do experts from China and abroad assess the relevance of economic challenges for China, the Chinese government’s policy latitude or the strength/weakness of the Chinese economy differently?...

KKB 91: In a situation with already elevated inflation, the war in Ukraine and the zero-covid policy in China have led to additional upward pressures on prices and reinforced the global supply chain problems

Economic zones can be powerful drivers of economic growth in developing countries. However, less is known about their distributional impact on the local society. This paper provides empirical evidence from Indonesian provinces on the relationship...

International trade is again suffering more from the congestion and delays in container shipping, which have now also reached the North Sea. According to the latest data update of the Kiel Trade Indicator, global trade declined in May compared to the...

How has the Chinese government supported the development of the semiconductor industry in China? How different was/is China’s government semiconductor support from other countries? Can policy implications and lessons be derived from their...

After a turbulent start of the year, caused primarily by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, trade in goods stabilized in April in numerous economies. According to the latest data update of the Kiel Trade Indicator, global trade is clearly up on the...

A dystopia of an authoritarian surveillance state or a modern vision of data-based governance? The Chinese social credit system has been the subject of much controversy since it was officially announced in 2014. But what exactly is the new credit...

After more than a month of war in Ukraine, the negative consequences for global trade are now becoming clear. According to the latest data update of the Kiel Trade Indicator, the conflict is weighing on the trade data of almost all economies and also...

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the global trade order? Is the world breaking up (again) into competing economic blocs? Or can the rules-based system of world trade even emerge stronger from the controversy? We want to discuss these and...

KKB 87: The war in Ukraine is weighing on the global economy at a time when inflation has already risen sharply and the US Federal Reserve has embarked on a tightening cycle