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This study investigates the economies of the Sub-Saharan States in Africa, which account for only 2 % of the world GDP … region. Even though several thousand SME have started activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, these are relatively few in the … global context of German exports and compared to the activity of other European countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Around 13 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985027
This study investigates the economies of the Sub-Saharan States in Africa, which account for only 2 % of the world GDP … region. Even though several thousand SME have started activities in Sub-Saharan Africa, these are relatively few in the … global context of German exports and compared to the activity of other European countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Around 13 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977488
In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295418
This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundesländer (federal states) and East Germany to explore … the effect of national borders on trade. Although the data cover only a small fraction of intra-German trade flows, I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295525
This paper investigates the link between unemployment and external trade in Germany, using data on unemployment …, international trade and economic activity for the 16 German federal states (Länder). With panel data econometrics we show that … international trade as measured by state-wise trade shares have a significant negative impact on state-wise unemployment rates. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334478
experiment for examining the effect of political borders on trade both in the cross-section and over time. With the fall of the … to trade between East Germany and West Germany were eliminated completely within a very short period of time. The … evolution of intra-German trade flows after reunification then provides new insights for both the globalization and border …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266027
the European Union and the United Kingdom can agree on a free trade agreement have already affected British-German foreign … trade. While in the long term from 1991 to 2015, German exports to the UK grew by over 5 per cent on average per annum … electrical equipment defended their position well. The corona pandemic put an additional strain on British-German foreign trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263148
-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different implications of the growing importance of trade in intermediate inputs. The first … chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … and estimates the importance of international trade in intermediate inputs and internationally mobile capital for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698346
experiment for examining the effect of political borders on trade both in the cross-section and over time. With the fall of the … to trade between East Germany and West Germany were eliminated completely within a very short period of time. The … evolution of intra-German trade flows after reunification then provides new insights for both the globalization and border …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898827
This paper investigates the link between unemployment and external trade in Germany, using data on unemployment …, international trade and economic activity for the 16 German federal states (Länder). With panel data econometrics we show that … international trade as measured by state-wise trade shares have a significant negative impact on state-wise unemployment rates. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312089