Deutsche Unternehmen haben im Jahr 2008 potenzielle Umweltschutzgüter im Wert von knapp 75 Mrd. Euro produziert, dies sind 5,7 Prozent der gesamten Industriegüterproduktion. Von 2005 bis 2008 stieg das Produktionsvolumen um fast 37 Prozent. Besonders dynamisch entwickelten sich die...

The German economy has been outperforming other member countries of the European Union during the recent Great Recession and the still ongoing European debt crisis. What are the determinants of this outcome? This paper sets out to empirically analyze the trade and technology specialization and...

Even though the automobile industry is technologically advanced, the increasing integration of low-income countries into the global division of labor has put competitive pressure on traditional automobile producing countries. New end-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern...