China’s development model challenges the approaches of traditional, Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...

China's development model challenges the approaches of traditional Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s mask and vaccine diplomacy have been widely discussed, but the debate relies on a few stylized data points. This article introduces a systematic way to measure China’s foreign aid in almost real-time through official customs records of...

This paper analyzes whether Chinese aid and other forms of official finance affect structural transformation in low- and-middle income countries. Specifically, we employ an instrumental variables (IV) approach to causally analyze the effect on the Economic Complexity Index of 98 recipient...

Using geo-referenced data on development projects by the World Bank and China, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the effect of aid on conflict using fixed effects and instrumental variables strategies. The results show that aid projects seem to reduce rather than fuel conflict, on average....

The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants, ventilators, and other critical medical goods. This article studies the economic and political factors that are associated with China's exports of medical equipment during the first two...

China ist einer der weltweit wichtigsten Exporteure von Medizinprodukten wie beispielsweise Gesichtsmasken oder Desinfektionsmittel. Daher nahmen chinesische Unternehmen eine herausragende Rolle als Lieferant dieser Produkte während des globalen Ausbruchs der COVID-19-Pandemie im Frühjahr 2020...

The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants, ventilators, and other critical medical goods. This article studies the economic and political factors that are associated with China's exports of medical equipment during the first two...

Obwohl die bilaterale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit 2009 offiziell beendet wurde, ist China immer noch der drittgrößte Empfänger der staatlichen Entwicklungshilfe Deutschlands, was in der Öffentlichkeit häufig für Verwirrung sorgt. Die Autoren stellen dar, dass die deutschen Zahlungen an...