Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 182 countries to estimate the...

Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 182 countries to estimate the...

Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 107 countries to estimate the...

An increasing number of regional trade agreements contains provisions that ease access to visas among member countries, which reduces the administrative cost of crossing the border. Combining United Nations data on bilateral stocks of immigrants in the period 1990-2020 with World Bank data on...

This dissertation was prepared by Alexander-Nikolai Sandkamp, completed in September 2018 and first published online by LMU Munich in February 2019. It consists of four selfcontained chapters that empirically investigate different trade dampening phenomena using gravity analysis. The first two...

With over 1,600 measures in force in 2017, antidumping (AD) duties constitute a frequently used trade defence instrument. Theory predicts that, unlike normal tariffs, AD duties raise producer prices. However, empirical evidence remains inconclusive. This paper exploits the EU enlargement of 2004...

Die Autoren zeigen, dass China mittlerweile ein wichtiger internationaler Investor mit einem wachsenden Engagement in Europa geworden ist. Alleine 2018 tätigte China rund 40 Prozent seiner Direktinvestitionen in Europa. Ein Rekordwert von fast 13 Milliarden US-Dollar ging nach Deutschland, der...

China ist mittlerweile ein wichtiger internationaler Investor. Die ausländischen Direkt- investitionen (ADI) Chinas sind von 2005 bis 2017 von 10 auf ca. 177 Mrd. US-Dollar gestiegen und haben somit stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Rund 40% der chinesischen ADI wurden im Jahr 2018 in Europa...

A growing share of modern trade policy instruments is shaped by non-tariff barriers (NTBs). Based on a structural gravity equation and the recently updated Global Trade Alert database, we empirically investigate the effect of NTBs on imports. Our analysis reveals that the implementation of NTBs...

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...