China has established its role as a major world lender, and policy changes affecting its external position would therefore have pronounced effects over a range of countries and on the global financial landscape in general. In this paper, I characterize China’s external asset holdings and macro...

Decades of investment decisions by central planners left communist societies with structures of production ill-prepared for competitive markets. Their vulnerability to liberalization, however, varied across space. Similar to the effects identified in the "China shock'' literature, we hypothesize...

The submission of papers in the following areas is particularly encouraged: - Conditions and effects of green growth vs. de-growth, capitalism without growth; - Globalisation and impact of catching up of the global South; - Macroeconomic modelling and empirics of socio-ecological transition; -...

Auf der Fachtagung werden Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt, die die deutsche Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik aus einer internationalen Perspektive kritisch beleuchten. Ziel ist es, über eine Bestandsaufnahme hinauszugehen und Gestaltungsansätze für eine lebenslauforientierte Politik mit...

The submission of papers in the following areas is encouraged: • Finance-led accumulation regimes? Theory and empirics • Empirical studies on changes in the financial sector • Financialisation and distribution • Global imbalances • Asset markets and monetary policy • Financial...