Die seit Beginn der sechziger Jahre im wesentlichen unverändert gebliebenen Exportförderungsmaßnahmen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sind in jüngster Zeit in wachsendem Maße Gegenstand einer vornehmlich von Seiten der Exportindustrie vorgetragenen Kritik geworden, die darauf abzielt, das...

Seit geraumer Zeit stehen multinationale Unternehmen aus Industrieländern und die von diesen vorgenommenen Auslandsinvestitionen im Kreuzfeuer der Kritik. In der wirtschaftspolitischen Diskussion in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist dabei in den letzten Jahren die Frage nach den heimischen...

It is the purpose of this paper to test the following hypotheses concerning the impact of firm size, factor intensities and protection on the sectoral allocation of West Gentian manufacturing foreign direct investment (FDI) in less developed countries (LDCs): Hyp.I: The branches' propensity to...

Economist's thinking about the role of international trade in the process of economic development exhibits a cyclical behaviour. The classical thinking, which held sway until the 1930s, emphasized the crucial role of trade in promoting growth through the optimal allocation of resources made...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the theoretical rationale underlying the growth of footloose, import-dependent industry observed in many of the most successful developing countries (Hong Kong, Taiwan, S. Korea, for example). A second objective is to develop empirical formulations...

It is well documented that the structure of tariffs in industrialized countries affords the greatest protection to relatively (unskilled) labor-intensive branches of industry (Constantopoulos3 1974 and references therein). Since we know from the Stolper-Samuelson theorem that this implies an...

The persistence of unemployment in Germany calls for innovative instruments in active labour market policy. In recent years, labour economists have suggested several wage subsidisation schemes which could significantly contribute to the reduction of structural unemployment. Although economically...