and the volatility of the main capital flows - foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investment, and foreign bank …

empirically. More specifically, we use state-level German data to answer the question whether and how migration and FDI decisions … and thus integration of labor and capital markets are linked. Our findings suggest that FDI and migration have similar … and trade in goods. From a theoretical point of view, the interaction between the different channels of integration can …

the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …

Does more FDI make the world a riskier place for workers? We analyze whether an increase in multinational firms …

the period 1989-2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …

, multinational activity in Eastern Europe is mostly unilaterally whereas, for industrialized countries, bilateral FDI linkages …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

distribution within countries, on the determinants of remittances at a micro-level, or on the effects of migration and remittances …

Banks play a critical role in facilitating international trade by guaranteeing international payments and thereby … reducing the risk of trade transactions. This paper uses banking data from the United States to document new empirical patterns … regarding the use of letters of credit and similar bank guarantees. The analysis shows that the volume of banks’ trade finance …

Banks play a critical role in facilitating international trade by guaranteeing international payments and thereby … reducing the risk of trade transactions. This paper employs banking data from the U.S. to document new empirical patterns … regarding the use of letters of credit and similar bank guarantees. The analysis reveals that trade finance is a large and …