Die traditionelle Konzentration der deutschen Direktinvestitionen in der Dritten Welt auf wenige große Staaten Lateinamerikas, die dort verfolgte Markterhaltungsstrategie und der vernachlässigte Aufbau von Exportplattformen durch Direktinvestitionen in stärker weltmarktorientierten...

Es ist kaum ein Zufall, daß sich die ausländischen Direktinvestitionen in andere Regionen verlagerten, solange der Standort Lateinamerika durch Überschuldung, ökonomische Stagnation und eine allenfalls begrenzte Reformbereitschaft gekennzeichnet war. Die jüngste Wiederbelebung der...

Using a new dataset for 41 German non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we analyze the allocation of NGO aid across recipient countries in a Tobit regression framework. By identifying for each NGO the degree of public refinancing, we address the largely unresolved issue of whether financial...

We contribute to the nascent literature on the heterogeneity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the relevance of firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of firm-level heterogeneity when MNEs decide on the share...

Previous literature largely ignores the heterogeneity of aid channels used by each single donor country. We estimate Tobit models to assess the relative importance of recipient need, recipient merit and self-interest of donors for various channels of official and private German aid across a...

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic,...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) of Germany in Latin America reveals various peculiarities that may shape future investment relations. However, two major concerns are largely unfounded: - In contrast to widespread fears in Germany, FDI outflows are highly unlikely to have added to labor market...

Germany's role in financing economic development in Asia on a sustainable basis leaves much to be desired. Direct investors are still underrepresented in the region. Commercial banks have fueled speculative bubbles. Official development financing does not appear to be based on efficiency-related...