Die vorliegende Untersuchung stützt sich auf Lehrveranstaltungen und Forschungsprojekte über eine Zeitspanne von 15 Jahren. Dabei geht es um die Evaluation der Entwicklungspolitik führender Geberstaaten (Vereinigte Staaten, Japan, Grossbritannien, Frankreich, Niederlande und Deutschland) und...

A new methodology is presented to solve an important model of dynamic decision-making with a continuous unknown parameter (or state). The methodology centers on the concepts of “continuation-value function” (which gives the expected value-to-go as a function of the parameter under a feasible...

This paper evaluates the role of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the context of global value chains. Given the interconnectedness of trade and investment, preferential trade agreements not only contribute to participation and value capture by eliminating traditional trade barriers, they...

What is the relationship between foreign aid and economic growth? This is probably one of the most famous questions in the foreign aid – economic growth debate. Whether this question has been sufficiently answered remains to be known. Developing nations have been and continue to be known to...

This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic corruption-control (CC). The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 78 developing countries. The following findings are established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is...

Global demarcations exist between development aid and foreign direct investment. Rigorous statistical analysis that contrasts the relative homogeneous and heterogeneous influences of time-series panel data allows regions in the developing world to define themselves endogenously. The results...

One goal of China's Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China's growing economic engagement has provoked much criticism. This paper is the first to study whether these activities change the attitudes of individuals in developing countries towards...