In this paper, we provide evidence that expanding firms tend to serve new markets which are geographically close and culturally related to their prior export destinations. We quantify the impact of this spatial pattern using a Chinese firm-level data set. To ensure an exogenous set of potential...

In this paper, we provide evidence that expanding firms tend to serve new markets which are geographically close and culturally related to their prior export destinations. We quantify the impact of this spatial pattern using a Chinese firm-level data set. To ensure an exogenous set of potential...

In this paper, we provide evidence that expanding firms tend to serve new markets which are geographically close and culturally related to their prior export destinations. We quantify the impact of this spatial pattern using a Chinese firm-level data set. To ensure an exogenous set of potential...

In this paper, we provide evidence that expanding firms tend to serve new markets which are geographically close and culturally related to their prior export destinations. We quantify the impact of this spatial pattern using a Chinese firm-level data set. To ensure an exogenous set of potential...

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 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...

Am 3. November 2020 entscheidet sich, ob Donald Trump ein zweites Mal zum US-Präsidenten gewählt wird. Er hat seinen Wahlkampfslogan »Make America Great Again« rigoros verfolgt. Im Zuge dessen wurden diplomatische Konventionen gebrochen und jahrzehntealte internationale Verträge für...

Download Englische Version Dieser Policy Brief untersucht die Folgen der Covid-19-Epidemie für den internationalen Handel. Exportorientierte Staaten verzeichnen Handelsrückgänge im Vergleich zum Vorjahr zwischen 7.9% in Deutschland bis zu 24% in Südkorea. Der Handel europäischer Länder...