Czech Exports and German GDP: A Closer Look

China’s Displacement Effects on Asian Countries’ Exports: A Closer Look with Disaggregate data

This paper applies gravity model to disaggregate trade data to explore the differential impact of China’s exports displacement on product categories, classified by technology intensity and stages of production, over the period 1992-2006. We examine variations over time, including post China’s WTO accession, across markets and Asian exporters. Our results show that displacement due to China’s ex...

Auctions : A Closer Look

A ClOser lOOk

In recent years, systems of care principles have been increasingly adopted because of their potential to support efforts to improve child welfare and other human service systems in ways that lead to increased safety, permanency, and well-being for children, adolescents, and their families. However, while the systems of care approach has become more widespread, a clear understanding of what defi...

Does German Development Aid Promote German Exports?

This paper uses a static and dynamic gravity model of trade to investigate the link between German development aid and exports from Germany to the recipient countries. The findings indicate that in the long run German aid is associated with an increase in exports of goods that is larger than the aid flow, with a point estimate of 140 percent of the aid given. In addition, the evolution of the e...

Red - Take a Closer Look

Color research has shown that red is associated with avoidance of threat (e.g., failure) or approach of reward (e.g., mating) depending on the context in which it is perceived. In the present study we explored one central cognitive process that might be involved in the context dependency of red associations. According to our theory, red is supposed to highlight the relevance (importance) of a g...