Ungeachtet politischer Differenzen zwischen Berlin und Ankara verzeichnete der deutsch-türkische Handel 2022 neue Rekordwerte. Von einer Krise für deutsche Unter­nehmen, die sich in der Türkei betätigen, kann kaum die Rede sein. Gleichwohl stellen sich zahlreiche Herausforderungen, die...

Der Terrorangriff der Hamas vom 7. Oktober 2023 und die darauffolgende israelische Militärintervention im Gaza-Streifen bedeuten auch eine Zäsur für die Beziehungen zwischen Ägypten und Israel. Diese wurden während der Präsidentschaft Abdel Fattah al-Sisis im wirtschaftlichen und...

Empirical work in labour economics has focused on rent sharing as an explanation for the observed correlation in cross-sections between wages and profitability. The alternative explanation of risk sharing between workers and employers has not been tested. Using a unique panel data set for four...

In the beginning of the 1980s, Cameroon witnessed a sustained rate of growth, associated essentially with the boom in the oil sector. Increased budgetary and extra-budgetary resources generated by this sector helped to raise the investment rate in the economy, and to maintain a reasonable level...

This paper provides a numerical general equilibrium assessment of policies to reduce tropical deforestation in Cameroon. Market failure - mainly in the form of national and international externalities - and policy failures - such as highly distorted product markets - are identified as major...

Climate risk is particularly burdensome to small-scale farmers in developing countries due to heavy dependence on natural resources, limited and erratic rainfall with high inter- and intra-annual variability, and other natural calamities. Numerous studies on climate change suggest that climate...

In this paper the class of Lower Partial Moments (LPMs) is used for measuring vulnerability as downside risk of household income in rural Cameroon. This class of established and coherent risk measures has been shown to meet a number of desirable properties. Among others, the LPMs fulfill the...