This paper investigates the empirical significance of push- and pull factors of different types of capital flows – FDI, portfolio and “others” (including loans) – to emerging market and developing economies. Based on an extensive quarterly mixed time-series panel dataset for 32 emerging...

Global politics were recently graced with a new, influential steering committee. Since the global financial crisis, the leaders of the 19 most important industrial and emerging countries, as well as the EU, have been striving to stabilize the world economy. Nevertheless, there are many questions...

The UN Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July 2015 will pave the way for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The Briefing Paper series “Financing Global Development“ analyses key financial and non-financial means of implementation for the new...

The UN Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in July 2015 will pave the way for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The Briefing Paper series “Financing Global Development” analyses key financial and non-financial means of implementation for the new...

Seit Kurzem ist die Weltpolitik um ein einflussreiches Steuerungsgremium reicher. Die globale Finanzkrise hat dazu geführt, dass sich die Staats- und Regierungschefs von 19 mächtigen Industrie- und Schwellenländern sowie der EU seit dem Jahr 2008 gemeinsam um die Stabilisierung der...

Die dritte UN-Konferenz zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung im Juli 2015 in Addis Abeba soll den Weg für die Verwirklichung der Post-2015-Entwicklungsagenda ebnen. Die Serie „Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung“ der „Analysen und Stellungnahmen“ analysiert wichtige finanzielle und...

Die Serie „Finanzierung globaler Entwicklung“ analysiert wichtige finanzielle und nicht-finanzielle Maßnahmen zur Realisierung der neuen Ziele nachhaltiger Entwicklung (Sustainable Development Goals – SDGs) und diskutiert Bausteine für einen neuen globalen Rahmen der...

Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in the late 1970s, after the 1985 Plaza Agreement, the early and late 1990s and after 2008. These appreciations have not only been associated with "expensive yen recessions"...

Since the demise of the Bretton Woods system, the yen has seen several episodes of strong appreciation, including in the late 1970s, after the 1985 Plaza Agreement, the early and late 1990s and after 2008. These appreciations have not only been associated with “expensive yen recessions”...

This paper investigates the empirical significance of push- and pull factors of different types of capital flows - FDI, portfolio and "others" (including loans) - to emerging market and developing economies. Based on an extensive quarterly mixed time-series panel dataset for 32 emerging market...