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[...]

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[...]

Wan-Hsin Liu Gave a Presentation on China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Hamburg

9th January 2020
KCG Secretary
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by its President Xi Jinping in 2013 aims at fostering economic, social and political interactions between China and the other BRI countries. Many of these countries are in Asia and Europe, in line with the general perception that BRI has paid particular attention to strengthening the economic, social and political link between these two continents[...]

KCG Researchers Gave Presentations at the Aarhus-Kiel Workshop 2019

27th December 2019
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The Aarhus-Kiel Workshop is an annual research workshop, jointly organized by the Research Centre for Firms and Industry Dynamics at the Aarhus University and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in cooperation with KCG. It serves as an excellent platform for scholars from Aarhus and Kiel who are specialised in globalization research to present and discuss research (in progress) with other experts in the field[...]

KCG Recently Started a Further Research Project on Trade and Sustainable Development in Ghana

19th December 2019
KCG Secretary
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With a specific focus on Africa, KCG researchers were involved in several research projects focusing on trade and foreign direct investment as well as their impact in Africa in 2018/2019. The projects were financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ GmbH). As to trade, KCG researchers carried out a first project focusing on Ghana from late 2018 to mid-2019, in cooperation with Dr. Charles Ackah (University of Ghana)[...]