KCG Research Seminar by Charles G. Ackah on Firm Responses to Electricity Shortages in Ghana

26th February 2019
KCG Secretary
News
News
Within the framework of a joint project “How can Trade Contribute to Development? Micro-based Evidence for Ghana”, Dr. Charles G. Ackah (University of Ghana) will visit the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) from February 26 to March 1, 2019. In addition to research meetings and discussions with the KCG project members, Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D. (KCG Managing Director) and Cecilia Hornok, Ph.D. (KCG Fellow), Ackah will give a KCG research seminar based on his current paper “Productivity Losses and Firm Responses to Electricity Shortages: Evidence from Ghana”[…]

Die Effekte deutscher Direktinvestitionen im Empfängerland vor dem Hintergrund des Leistungsbilanzüberschusses: Empirische Evidenz mit Mikrodaten für Frankreich

21st February 2019
KCG Secretary
Autoren: Holger Görg und Léa Marchal (Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2019, Band 20, Heft 1, 53-69)

Deutschland hat seit Jahren einen Leistungsbilanzüberschuss, der international kritisiert wird. Die Bedeutung der deutschen Direktinvestitionen im Ausland ist dabei in den letzten Jahren stark angestiegen. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht diese Studie die Effekte von Direktinvestitionen auf Unternehmen im Gastland. Dazu werden Unternehmensdaten für Frankreich verwendet. Insgesamt liefert die Studie zwei wirtschaftspolitisch relevante Ergebnisse. Zum einen haben deutsche Übernahmen von französischen Unternehmen im Durchschnitt keine negativen Auswirkungen auf Produktivität, Qualifikationsstruktur und Handelsaktivität der übernommenen Unternehmen. Zum anderen zeigt sich[…]

More Needs to be Done to Improve the Quality of Institutions in Africa for Development

8th February 2019
KCG Secretary
Publications
Publications
On December 18, 2018 the Africa-Europe Forum with the overarching theme “Taking Cooperation to the Digital Age” took place in Vienna, Austria. At the Forum key decision makers from politics and business and other stakeholders from both Africa and Europe discussed about what should and can be done to foster both sides’ prosperity and competitiveness and to further intensify the bilateral relationships between the two continents in various economic and societal aspects. One key concluding remark of the Forum[…]

Chinese Direct Investment in Europe – Challenges for EU FDI Policy

31st January 2019
KCG Secretary
Authors: Frank Bickenbach and Wan-Hsin Liu (CESifo Forum, 2018, Vol. 19(4), 15-22)

Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) into the European Union (EU) has increased substantially over the last decade. Whereas the EU generally welcomes inward FDI, FDI from China has been often accompanied by concerns. In view of these developments, the EU now faces the challenge of reforming its FDI policy in such a way as to simultaneously (i) defend the EU’s current openness to FDI (including from China); (ii) address the security concerns that have been raised for some types of FDI[…]

KCG Researcher Joined a Workshop on the World Development Report 2020

28th January 2019
KCG Secretary
News
News
The World Development Report 2020 of the World Bank will address the topic of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and their role in economic development. The World Bank Group and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) organized a workshop in Berlin on January 18, 2019 to discuss the concept note of the report. During the event, numerous experts and representatives from international organizations, academia, politics, business and NGOs were given the opportunity to inspect the draft document and give their feedback to the authors. KCG Researcher, Cecília Hornok, Ph.D., also participated in the workshop as a discussant[…]