With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it only seems a matter of time until protectionist policies cause a decoupling of global value chains. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the...

Die Autoren setzen sich kritisch mit dem am 11.06.2021 vom Deutschen Bundestag verabschiedeten "Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz" auseinander. Insgesamt kommen sie zu dem Schluss, dass das Lieferkettengesetz erhebliche entwicklungspolitische Nebenwirkungen haben könnte, die die intendierten...

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the vulnerability of international value chains in the face of global shocks. This has triggered a political discussion regarding a possible reshoring of vulnerable supply chains back home. The aim is to reduce dependencies on foreign suppliers and thus improve...

Am 8. März hat US-Präsident Donald Trump Importzölle auf Stahl- und Aluminiumprodukte von 25% bzw. 10% verhängt, die zunächst auf alle Handelspartner mit Ausnahme von Kanada, Mexiko und Australien anzuwenden sind. Eine Analyse von Handelsdaten der Jahre 2005 bis 2016 zeigt, dass keine...

This paper uses Chinese customs data to investigate the trade effects of anti-dumping (AD) policies. Merging firm-level exports to firm-specific AD duties, we exploit differences across firms within products. This reduces endogeneity concerns which have plagued earlier research. Based on a...

With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it only seems a matter of time until protectionist policies cause a decoupling of global value chains. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the...

This paper uses Chinese customs data to investigate the trade effects of anti-dumping (AD) policies. Merging firm-level exports to firm-specific AD duties, we exploit differences across firms within products. This reduces endogeneity concerns which have plagued earlier research. Based on a...

With ever-increasing political tensions between China and Russia on one side and the EU and the US on the other, it only seems a matter of time until protectionist policies cause a decoupling of global value chains. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the...

Die Autoren setzen sich kritisch mit dem am 11.06.2021 vom Deutschen Bundestag verabschiedeten "Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz" auseinander. Insgesamt kommen sie zu dem Schluss, dass das Lieferkettengesetz erhebliche entwicklungspolitische Nebenwirkungen haben könnte, die die intendierten...