International Trade and Retail Market Performance and Structure: Theory and Empirical Evidence

30th August 2018
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Authors: Philipp Meinen and Horst Raff (Journal of International Economics,2018, Vol. 115, 99-114)

Based on a theoretical model featuring heterogeneous retailers that may source globally and operate as chains, we derive a number of hypotheses that link trade integration to retail firm performance and to the structure of retail markets. We empirically test these predictions using Danish microdata for the period 1999 to 2008. We find that importing retailers are larger, more profitable, and have a higher propensity to have multiple shops than domestically sourcing[…]

Fifth Coordinator Meeting in Kiel

30th August 2018
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On August 6, 2018 the fifth Coordinator Meeting of the three Leibniz ScienceCampi in Kiel took place at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Dr. Mirjam S. Gleßmer and Dr. Gun-Brit Thoma from the Kiel Science Outreach Campus (KiSOC) and Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu from the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) participated in the meeting. Dr. Christiane Gerlach from the Evolutionary Medicine of the Lung (EvoLung) joined the discussion via a conference call[…]

KCG Seminar on Extensive Margin of Trade by Julian Hinz

23rd August 2018
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With intensifying global trends towards protectionism, it becomes even more important than before to provide reliable research evidence on determinants of international trade and on their economic and social consequences. This requires the application of adequate (and creative) research methods for data analysis, taking limitations and difficulties of different potential research methods best into account[…]

KCG Researchers Contributed to a New UNIDO Report on Global Value Chains with Focus on Asia

16th August 2018
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The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) recently published a new report “Global Value Chains (GVCs) and Industrial Development – Lessons from China, South-East and South Asia” to provide evidence on the evolution of global and regional value chains in Asia. From the Asian lessons policy suggestions are derived to support firms’ and countries’ participation in GVCs and encourage their upgrading over time[…]

Guli-Sanam Karimova Joined “Consumer Culture Theory” Conference in Odense, Denmark

12th July 2018
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Guli-Sanam Karimova, PhD Researcher of the KCG project “Cross-cultural differences in the perception of corporate social responsibility and consumer social responsibility along global supply chains”, was invited to join the Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) Conference that took place at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) from June 28 to July 1, 2018 in Odense. The overarching theme this year was […]