A New KCG Research Project on the Impact of Special Economic Zones on Inequality

11th May 2020
KCG Secretary
Further KCG Projects
Further KCG Projects
Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally considered to be advantageous for supporting economic development in the emerging economies. Foreign investors do not only bring financial resources, know-how and technologies that are (relatively) limited on site into the FDI destination countries but also help local firms to gain better access to and benefit from the global production networks[...]

KCG Fellow Saskia Mösle Involved in a New Study on the COVID-19 Impact on the Global Economy

29th April 2020
KCG Secretary
News
News
The COVID-19 pandemic is a tremendous challenge for the national and global health care. It also poses a huge challenge to the world economy and the international trade. Against this background, Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Gern (Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)) and Saskia Mösle (IfW & KCG) analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy from the point of view of the special economic zones (SEZ) worldwide. Their analysis is based on a recent SEZ survey that was jointly carried out by IfW and the World Free Zones Organization between March 23, 2020, and April 3, 2020[...]

UNIDO Published an Opinion Piece on GVC Impact of COVID-19 in Cooperation with KCG

17th April 2020
KCG Secretary
Publications
Publications
The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 damages the global health and challenges the world economy. One key aspect here is the global value chains which have been extensively developed since decades. Experts from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy[...]

Chain of Blame: A Multi-Country Study of Consumer Reactions towards Supplier Hypocrisy in Global Supply Chains

23rd March 2020
KCG Secretary
Authors: Nils Christian Hoffmann, Juelin Yin, and Stefan Hoffmann (Management International Review, 2020, Vol. 68, 247-286)

Recent research identified firms’ hypocritical behavior as a major threat to their reputation among consumers. This paper expands the dyadic relationship to a triadic relationship, integrating the hypocritical behavior of suppliers in global supply chains. Introducing a chain of blame[…]

Cancelled: KCG Seminar on Consumption Impact of Uber on March 13, 2020

10th March 2020
KCG Secretary
News
News
Reduction in transportation costs is generally considered to be advantageous for fostering (cross-border) trade. It makes it easier for producers to overcome the challenge of geographic distance to source resources and acquire intermediate goods necessary for production from anywhere. It also eases the transportation of finished goods over long distances to potential consumers worldwide. Such positive trade impact of decreasing transportation costs seems to be, at first glance, strongly linked to traded goods and services that are deliverable from producers to customers[...]

Dr. Clément Nedoncelle (INRAE) is Visiting KCG

4th March 2020
KCG Secretary
News
News
Dr. Clément Nedoncelle (INRAE) is Visiting KCG
Dr. Clément Nedoncelle, Researcher at the INRAE-Economie Publique and AgroParisTech , is visiting KCG and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy from March to December 2020. Nedoncelle is an experienced economist with research interests in international trade and its interactions with environmental and agricultural outcomes. He will give a KCG Seminar  titled “Exporters under Heat” on March 27, 2020 at the Kiel Institute[...]