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German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa is lagging behind China, France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and other economies. It represented only 1 percent of the German total FDI stock abroad in 2018 and is concentrated in few African countries. Overall, around 850 German firms have...
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This paper, however, is not about evaluating whether or not Germany has, on aggregate, done well out of globalization. Rather, we dig deeper into the economy and acknowledge the fact that it is not countries that trade or invest, but rather firms. We therefore look at data at the micro (firm or...
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Recent theoretical works suggest that migrants carry their social networks when moving across borders and that they bridge the information gap between partner countries. We derive a theoretical model where migrants reduce informational trade barriers and thus enhance exports. The model is...
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Zur Stärkung von Menschenrechten und Umweltstandards sowie als Beitrag zur Erreichung der von den Vereinten Nationen definierten Nachhaltigkeitsziele zur Ermöglichung eines menschenwürdigen Lebens hat die deutsche Bundesregierung einen Entwurf eines Gesetzes über die unternehmerischen...
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Die im November 2019 von Bundeswirtschaftsminister Peter Altmaier vorgestellte „Industriestrategie 2030“ zielt darauf ab, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland und der EU in Zeiten tiefgreifender Umwälzungen nachhaltig zu stärken. Die zunehmende sektorale und...
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Der deutsche Leistungsbilanzsaldo erreichte zuletzt im historischen wie auch im internationalen Vergleich Höchstwerte. Saldenmechanisch treten dabei neben den Handelsströmen verstärkt die Primäreinkommensflüsse (Erwerbs- und Vermögenseinkommen) hervor, wobei die Einkommen aus...
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We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively...
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We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively...
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