Das ifo Institut hat im letzten Jahr zusammen mit dem Deutschen Institut fu¨r Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin im Auftrag des damaligen Bundesministeriums fu¨r Wirtschaft und Arbeit eine Studie zu den mo¨glichen Auswirkungen der geplanten EU-Dienstleistungsrichtlinie auf die Wirtschaft...

We decompose the "China shock" into two components that induce different adjustments for firms exposed to Chinese exports: a horizontal shock affecting firms selling goods that compete with similar imported Chinese goods, and a vertical shock affecting firms using inputs similar to the imported...

According to Research Associate Thomas I. Palley, global outsourcing represents a new economic challenge that calls for a new set of institutions. In this brief, he expands upon the problems of offshore outsourcing as outlined in Public Policy Brief no. 86 and focuses on the microeconomic...