-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 …

-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 …

This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm …-level panel data from German manufacturing. We find that only import competition from high-income countries is associated with … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To … explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the … reason of growing trade in intermediate goods in the cross-section and the time-series framework. The evidence for …

This paper uses an augmented gravity model of trade to investigate the link between German development aid and sectoral …

We analyse the nature of German trade-FDI linkages within the EU27 based on a simultaneous equation gravity approach … framework in explaining German trade and FDI activity. Looking carefully at cross-variable linkages we basically find … substitutive links between trade flows and outward FDI in line with earlier empirical evidence for Germany. Building upon German …

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 …

VAR approach to build a robust trade model between 23 EU countries, the USA, and China. By stressing this model with … benefit from German loss of competitiveness, ii. are tied with German trade so tightly that loss of German competitiveness …