Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many European countries? We investigate this question in the context of the French retail trade industry. Since 1974, approval by regional zoning boards has been required for the creation or extension of any large...

Does the internet increase competition? To address this question, I exploit two institutional details unique to Germany: (1) Some municipalities received glass fibre cables that cannot be upgraded to DSL; I use these municipalities as a treatment group with reduced online competition. (2) German...

Im August und Oktober 2016 stellte das ifo Institut den am ifo Konjunkturtest teilnehmenden Einzelhändlern einige Sonderfragen zum Online-Handel. Gefragt wurde u.a., wie die teilnehmenden Händler den Einfluss des Online-Handels auf ihr Geschäft einschätzen. Viele Händler klagen über einen...

Im Bekleidungseinzelhandel gewinnt der Online-Handel immer höhere Marktanteile. Dabei entwickeln sich die etablierten Online-Händler zunehmend von Marktteilnehmern zu Marktanbietern. Diese Marktstrategie eröffnet dem stationären Handel neues Geschäftspotenzial. Denn einem beträchtlichen...

We present a new methodology for operationalizing growth models based on import-adjusted demand components. Applying the methodology to the latest release of OECD Input-Output Tables, we calculate the growth contributions of consumption, investment, government expenditures, and exports for...

A number of factors that contributed to the weakening of the global economy in the past year have recently improved significantly. Energy prices have reversed, the prospects for a steady expansion in China have improved with the abandonment of the zero-Covid policy, and supply bottlenecks have...

Wichtige Rahmenbedingungen, die für die Abschwächung der Weltkonjunktur im vergangenen Jahr wesentlich verantwortlich waren, haben sich zuletzt deutlich verbessert. So sind die Energiepreise wieder gesunken, in China haben sich mit der Abkehr von der Null-Covid-Politik die Aussichten auf eine...

The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...

The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...

The aim of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of international financial integration on the long-run Real Exchange Rate (RER) in 39 developing countries belonging to three different geographical regions (Latin America, Asia and MENA). It covers the period 1979-2004,...