In der öffentlichen Debatte wird Klage über das geringe Gewicht von Dienstleistungen am deutschen Export geführt. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung analysieren die Autoren die Sachlage anhand von IWF-Daten, gehen auf das Verhältnis zur Industrie ein und benennen Felder, in denen der...

As NATO expands eastward, Russia has expressed growing concerns over what it sees as a threat to its national security. At the same time Russia is transitioning to a market economy, with the aim of becoming a free trade partner with the West. The question of concern to European nations is; how...

This paper explores the empirical relevance of the concept of comparative advantage and of the factor proportions theory of international trade and specialisation for the distribution of research and development (R&D) activities across seventeen industries in fourteen OECD member countries over...

This paper discusses the issue of competitiveness and environmental regulation from the viewpoint of Heckscher-Ohlin models. It demonstrates that the impact of unilateral environmental regulations does not necessarily lead to a decrease in international competitiveness. Important is the measure...

It has become common to measure the quality of exports using their unit export value (UEV). Applications of this method include studies of intra-industry trade (IIT) and analyses of industrial "competitiveness". This literature seems to assume that export quality and export price (the most...