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Iamsiraroj, Sasi; Doucouliagos, Hristos - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

FDI is seen widely as a vital source of investment, technology transfer, and growth. The factors that attract FDI have been a longstanding source of debate. The authors present a comprehensive assessment of the accumulated evidence on one factor, the success of economic growth in attracting FDI....

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Financial Development and Innovation in China: Evidence from the Provincial Data

Hanley, Aoife; LIU, Wan-Hsin; Vaona, Andrea - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

China, using a more recent provincial dataset and more sophisticated panel data estimation techniques than previous studies …

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Global Governance: Old and New Issues

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This paper opens with a short recollection of the Kiel Week Conference of 2002, recorded in a volume edited by Horst Siebert, titled Global Governance: An Architecture for the World Economy. Assess-ments and forecasts made at that time are scored against subsequent developments. Security...

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Long-Run Determinants of Immigration to Germany 1974-1999: A Ricardian Framework

Foders, Federico - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

This paper examines the long-run determinants of immigration to Germany using a modified version of the Ricardo model. After a brief overview of labour flows to Germany and the related empirical literature, a Ricardian model of migration is estimated using static panel data methods. The results...

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The impact of corruption on apprehension level of immigrants: A study of the United States immigration

Buzurukov, Bilol; Lee, Byeong Wan - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

This paper demonstrates the effect of country level corruption on illicit behavior of individuals in a foreign country. The empirical research investigates the probability of individuals being apprehended overseas due to the influence of corrupt environment in their home countries. Using...

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The Social Costs of Health-related Early Retirement in Germany: Evidence from the German Socio-economic Panel

Hostenkamp, Gisela; Stolpe, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This study investigates the role of stratification of health and income in the social cost of health-related early retirement, as evidenced in the German Socio-economic Panel (GSOEP). We interpret early retirement as a mechanism to limit work-related declines in health that allows poorer and...

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Benchmarking the Future: A Dynamic, Multi-Regional, Multi-Sectoral Trade Model for the Analysis of Climate Policies

Klepper, Gernot; Springer, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000

For analyzing the impact of climate change and of international climate policies on the international division of labor and on regional welfare the use of a disaggregated multiÂ–sectoral, multiÂ–regional dynamic computable general equilibrium model is appropriate. This paper discusses the...

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The Optimal Transfer of Capital and Embodied Technologies to Developing Countries

Hübler, Michael; Lontzek, Thomas S. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We study the North-South diffusion of technologies embodied in internationally mobile capital in a framework of intertemporal global welfare maximization. Convergence of the growth rates of technical change in the North and South always occurs in the long-run. However, the degree to which the...

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Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises

Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and …

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Energy Saving Technology Diffusion via FDI and Trade: A CGE Model of China

Hübler, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China’s accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions …, China will become a net seller of emission permits and steadily reduce emissions, possibly below their 2004 level until 2030 … on Chinese welfare will not significantly change when China joins the Post Kyoto regime …

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