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The KCG has various series of publications to provide research findings and policy implications to different interested groups, e.g., students, academics, policy makers and the public.

KCG Working Paper No. 27: Time to say goodbye? The impact of environmental regulation on foreign divestment

7th September 2023
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Authors: Haiou Mao, Holger Görg, and Guopei Fang

We look at divestments by foreign firms – a topic that has received comparatively little attention in the literature – and investigate how changes in the regulatory environment in the host country may impact on such divestment decisions[...]

KCG Policy Paper No. 9: Drivers and Extent of Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Sahara Africa

12th June 2023
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Author: Holger Görg

When it comes to attracting foreign direct investment, Africa as a whole may be described as some-thing like the “forgotten continent”. In a global comparison, the continent is fairly insignificant as a destination for the investment of foreign companies[...]

KCG Working Paper No. 26: Special Economic Zones in Ghana: A Case Study of Enclaves in Tema, Dawa and Sekondi

6th June 2023
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Authors: Vera Acheampong, Nana Yaw Agyeman Owusu and Nina Kupzig

Many countries introduced concepts related to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to promote export-led economic growth. However, the concepts and implementation of SEZs vastly differ, resulting in large differences between and within countries. Therefore, this study seeks to assess the current state of Ghana’s Special Economic Zones while identifying challenges to SEZ enclave development in Ghana[...]

KCG Working Paper No. 25: Special Economic Zones and Household Welfare: New Evidence from Ghana

5th June 2023
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Authors: Charles G. Ackah, Robert D. Osei, Nana Y.A. Owusu and Vera Acheampong

The study evaluates the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on household welfare (per capita consumption expenditure (PCE) and poverty status) in Ghana using the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey Dataset. SEZs spillover effect on household welfare within a binary treatment condition may lead to finding inadequacy for policy[...]

Africa’s Female Entrepreneurs – Underfunded or Underperforming?

23rd May 2023
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Authors: Charles Ackah, Holger Görg, Aoife Hanley and Cecília Hornok (Small Business Economics, 2024, 62:1051–1074)

We explore the export performance of Africa’s underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel, a comprehensive dataset of manufacturing firms for 2011–2015. Uniquely, the data provides information about the severity of key business constraints, across both male and female entrepreneurs[...]

State Aid can Produce Unintended Losers

23rd February 2023
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Earlier this month, the European Commission proposed to transform the State Aid Temporary Crisis Framework to facilitate the green transition in Europe. One main policy focus of the proposed Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework is to relax the strict state aid rules in the EU, in order to facilitate “the roll-out of renewable energies and to support the decarbonisation of the industry”[...]

Who wins and who loses from state subsidies?

6th September 2022
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Authors: Jun Du, Sourafel Girma, Holger Görg, Ignat Stepanok (Canadian Journal of Economics, 2023, 56(3): 1007-1031)

China is perceived to rely on subsidizing firms in targeted industries to improve their performance and stay competitive. We implement an approach that allows for the joint estimation of direct and indirect effects of subsidies on subsidized and non-subsidized firms. We find that firms that receive subsidies experience a boost for productivity[...]

Multinational enterprises and the welfare state

6th September 2022
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Authors: Nigel Driffield, Holger Görg, Yama Temouric and Xiaocan Yuan (Transnational Corporations, 2022, 29(2): 1–24 )

This paper presents an empirical analysis on the extent to which a country’s welfare spending influences foreign direct investment (FDI) decisions, particularly as they relate to relocations. We argue, and subsequently empirically test, that higher welfare spending by governments attracts foreign investment[...]

Where has the rum gone? The Impact of Maritime Piracy on Trade and Transport

8th March 2022
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Authors: Alexander Sandkamp, Vincent Stamer, Shuyao Yang (Review of World Economics, 2022, 158: 751–778)

Despite a general agreement that piracy poses a significant threat to maritime shipping, empirical evidence regarding its economic consequences remains scarce. This paper combines firm-level Chinese customs data and ship position data with information on pirate attacks to investigate how exporting firms and cargo ships respond to maritime piracy.

Economic and Environmental Benefits from International Co-ordination on Carbon Pricing: A Review of Economic Modelling Studies

8th March 2022
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Authors: Sneha Thube, Sonja Peterson, Daniel Nachtigall, Jane Ellis (Environmental Research Letters, 2012, 16(11): 113002)

This paper reviews quantitative estimates of the economic and environmental benefits from different forms of international co-ordination on carbon pricing based on economic modelling studies. Forms of international co-ordination include: harmonising carbon prices (e.g. through linking carbon markets), extending the coverage of pricing schemes, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, developing international sectoral agreements, and establishing co-ordination mechanisms to mitigate carbon leakage[...]

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