... Gabriel Felbermayr, president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, said research it did for the German government found the country’s exports to the UK were likely to remain 12-15 per cent below pre-Brexit levels. “Some of the recent...

Das Gutachten zeigt: Deutschlands Wohlstand wird entscheidend von der internationalen Arbeitsteilung getragen.

This study analyses the consequences of the US countervailing duties imposed due to illicit subsidies for the European joint venture Airbus. These speci

According to a study by Gabriel Felbermayr, concerns about wide acquisition of German companies are exaggerated.

German foreign investment, especially direct investment, is better than its reputation. Criticism of Germany’s net capital exports in the debate over the country’s current account is based on too narrow a view. Revenue from foreign assets is not the...

We analyse how different kinds of innovation affect firms‘ export propensity, finding a positive impact of incremental innovations, whereas radical innovations need more time to affect exporting. Evidence for an isolated impact of process innovations...

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...

We investigate whether firms’ "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of...

We investigate whether firms’ "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. We use new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of...