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

23rd March 2020
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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
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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
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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[...]

KCG Seminar on Impact of Globalization on Wage Inequality on Feb. 27, 2020

26th February 2020
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Globalization has rapidly intensified over the last few decades. Continuously expanding global value chains foster global economic integration and enable individuals and firms in not only developed but also emerging and developing countries to better participate in global economic exchanges.

While greater international specialization is commonly viewed as raising economic prosperity[...]

KCG Working Paper No. 21: Does the Belt and Road Initiative Stimulate Chinese Exports? The Role of State-Owned Enterprises

16th January 2020
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Authors: Holger Görg and Haiou Mao


This paper evaluates firms’ exporting responses to BRI and considers their heterogeneity in ownership types, product types, regional origin and trade mode. This is done by analyzing firm-product-destination level customs data from 2011 to 2015 in a gravity model framework

The First KCG Lunch-Time Seminar of 2020 will Take Place on January 17

14th January 2020
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The Cobb-Douglas production function is one of the functional forms widely used in the fields of economics and econometrics to describe the quantitative relationship between production factors and outputs. Although it is widely applied in the economic and econometric research, there has been criticism since its introduction for its weak foundation and its insufficient link to the real production processes. Focusing on discussing the relevance and caveats of the Cobb-Douglas production function for research[...]