The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused disruptions in international trade and highlighted the dependency of small open economies in Europe on imports, especially of energy. These events may have changed Europeans' attitude towards globalization. We study two waves of representative...

Seit Staaten um Macht streiten, setzen sie neben militärischen auch wirtschaftliche Mittel ein. Diese handelspolitischen Maßnahmen für geopolitische Zwecke werden im Folgenden diskutiert. Auf Grundlage von Russlands Angriffskrieg lassen sich für den Westen Eingriffe in den Freihandel...

Countries increasingly form alliances to collectively impose sanctions. However, the resulting impact of such coordination remains unclear. Analyzing the 2014 wave of sanctions against Russia over 400,000 simulations with a quantitative trade model, this report demonstrates that multilateral...

This paper investigates whether sanctions imposed in the wake of the Ukraine crisis by Western countries and Russia have been evaded by analyzing monthly product-level trade patterns. Consolidating different methods from the literature related to the detection of illicit trade, I find that goods...

The paper is intended to provide information on the trade war between China and the USA. It analyses the consequences of the trade dispute, discusses the impact on an Austrian company in the steel sector, gives an overview of possible strategies with which companies can reduce the negative...

Zunehmend setzen Staaten auf Allianzen oder Koalitionen, um gemeinsam Sanktionen gegen ein Drittland zu verhängen. Die Auswirkungen einer solchen Koordination sind jedoch unklar. Dieser Wochenbericht analysiert die Sanktionswelle gegen Russland im Jahr 2014 anhand von 400000 Simulationen mit...

Supply security is threatened by technical, business, natural and policy shocks, as well as geopolitical tensions. Is there a rationale for policy intervention? If yes, what are efficient and effective measures that achieve de-risking? This article first explains why private incentives do not...