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...

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...

Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 182 countries to estimate the...

Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 107 countries to estimate the...