Deutschlands Wettbewerbsfähigkeit erodiert, weil die Standortbedingungen für Investitionen nicht mehr stimmen. Das diagnostizieren auch Union und SPD in ihrem Sondierungspapier. Leider zeigt sich, dass die darin vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen unzureichend und von Partikularinteressen getrieben sind. Dabei müssen fünf wichtige Rahmenbedingungen gezielt verbessert werden: analoge sowie digitale Infrastruktur, ...
We analyse variation in firm performance as a function of the international diversification of ICT imports by firms. Drawing on administrative data from 2010 and 2014 on nearly 4000 German manufacturing firms, we find that firms with ICT sourcing that is diversified across multiple countries perform better than similar, less-diversified firms. This finding holds true for two performance metrics (value ...
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a global economic crisis, leading governments to provide substantial State Aid to support firms. This paper examines the effectiveness of Covid-related financial support in Spain and Italy, focusing on its impact on firm recovery. Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach combined with propensity score weighting, it compares outcomes of similar firms receiving aid ...
This article, part of our special On-Topic series on "A New Agenda for Growth: The Draghi Report and Competition Policy,"discusses the Draghi report’s assessment of European telecom markets, questioning its claims of underperformance and its recommendations for increased consolidation. It argues that easing merger control could harm competition and investment while highlighting positive proposals, ...
Die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie ist durch hohe Kosten, strukturelle Herausforderungen und globale Umbrüche stark unter Druck geraten. Gleichzeitig bleiben die Wege zur Rettung des Industriestandortes in den Parteiprogrammen weitgehend unklar. Die wenigen vorgeschlagenen Konzepte setzen auf Steuererleichterungen, allgemeine Investitionszuschüsse für heimische Unternehmen oder spezifische ...
Previous studies have found evidence that countries may choose to retaliate against countries for certain trade actions. What has not been empirically examined is the use of multi-modal retaliation in trade policy. Using an exporter-importer-sector panel of antidumping (AD), sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS), and technical barriers to trade (TBT) actions between 1995 and 2019, we find evidence of...