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German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa is lagging behind China, France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and other economies. It represented only 1 percent of the German total FDI stock abroad in 2018 and is concentrated in few African countries. Overall, around 850 German firms have...
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This paper, however, is not about evaluating whether or not Germany has, on aggregate, done well out of globalization. Rather, we dig deeper into the economy and acknowledge the fact that it is not countries that trade or invest, but rather firms. We therefore look at data at the micro (firm or...
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Recent theoretical works suggest that migrants carry their social networks when moving across borders and that they bridge the information gap between partner countries. We derive a theoretical model where migrants reduce informational trade barriers and thus enhance exports. The model is...
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Für den Ausbau von Windkraft und Solarenergie sowie für die Herstellung von Batterien, Elektromotoren und Brennstoffzellen sind Rohstoffe notwendig, die importiert werden müssen. Krisen in den vergangenen Jahren haben die Gefahr verdeutlicht, dass die Abhängigkeit von einzelnen Lieferanten...
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A brief expert report by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy for the IMPULS Foundation analyzes the effects of the law on corporate due diligence in supply chains, which was passed by the German parliament in June 2021. Key findings are that suppliers from developing countries may be...
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Zur Stärkung von Menschenrechten und Umweltstandards sowie als Beitrag zur Erreichung der von den Vereinten Nationen definierten Nachhaltigkeitsziele zur Ermöglichung eines menschenwürdigen Lebens hat die deutsche Bundesregierung einen Entwurf eines Gesetzes über die unternehmerischen...
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Die im November 2019 von Bundeswirtschaftsminister Peter Altmaier vorgestellte „Industriestrategie 2030“ zielt darauf ab, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in Deutschland und der EU in Zeiten tiefgreifender Umwälzungen nachhaltig zu stärken. Die zunehmende sektorale und...
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In this paper, we use a novel firm level dataset for Germany to investigate the effect of sanctions on export behaviour and performance of German firms. More specifically, we study the sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia in 2014 in response to the annexation of Crimea and Russia's...
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