infonet-economy

Referat an der Volkshochschule Rheintal in Heerbrugg vom 25.01.2001 in der Vortragsreihe "Die Schweiz und Europa"; Download der Präsentation:

We examine whether publicly-traded Czech firms that received foreign direct investment (FDI) before the end of 1995 had higher levels of total factor productivity during 1995-8. Preliminary data analysis reveals that, as restructuring occurred, many Czech firms left the sample during 1995-8 and that the recipients of FDI tended to be larger firms. We show that failing to tackle the…

Die Frage der Beschaffenheit des Marktzugangs für Exporte aus Entwicklungsländern stellt sich heute ungeachtet eines fortschreitenden Liberalisierungsprozesses im Welthandel. Entsprechend der Handelpolitik anderer Industriestaaten gewährt die Schweiz den Entwicklungsländern seit Jahren eine Vorzugsbehandlung, welche vor allem in einem einseitigen Abbau von tarifären Handelshemmnissen…

Papier auf einem interdisziplinären Doktorandenseminar zu Fragen der WTO, Tübingen, Juli 2001, unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung von Prof. Dr. Kokott, Prof. Dr. Hauser und Prof. Dr. Martin Nettesheim #### (pdf, 143k)

The 1990s saw a huge upsurge in flows of private capital from industrial to developing countries. At the beginning of the decade, private and official flows were about the same, but only five years later private flows dwarfed official flows. Not since the late 19th century have international capital flows assumed such prominence. But there are marked differences between the movement…

not available in German Frühere Version: Kraus, F., P. Puhani, V. Steiner (1998), Do Public Works Programmes Work? Some Unpleasant Results from the East German Experience, ZEW Discussion Paper 98-07, Mannheim We analyze the effectiveness of public works programs (PWP, Arbeitsbeschaffungsmassnahmen) in east Germany as measured by their effects on individual future re-employment…