In this paper we present, for the first time, the price formation of China's dry bulk carrier using vessel prices quoted by major Chinese shipyards in actual shipbuilding orders. This allows us to investigate the relationship of price and determinants in the Chinese shipbuilding industry by...

Cost has a significant impact on competitiveness within the shipbuilding industry. In China, low costs have created favourable conditions for domestic shipyards competing in the international market. However, China's shipbuilders have been facing rising cost pressures in recent years, which may...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft hat das Institut für Weltwirtschaft beauftragt zu untersuchen, wie sich sektorspezifische, regionale und allgemeine Beihilfensysteme auf die Wettbewerbsbedingungen innerhalb der EG auswirken. Das Institut legt hiermit den Endbericht dieser Untersuchung vor....