• openAccess   Does German development aid promote German exports? 

      Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas; Klasen, Stephan; Larch, Mario Wiley-Blackwell (2009-08)
      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 ...
    • openAccess   Gravity with unemployment 

      Heid, Benedikt Sebastian; Larch, Mario Elsevier (2016-05-10)
      Quantifying the welfare effects of trade liberalization is a core issue in international trade. Existing frameworks assume perfect labor markets and therefore ignore the effects of aggregate employment changes for welfare. ...
    • openAccess   Income and Democracy: Evidence from System GMM Estimates 

      Heid, Benedikt Sebastian; Langer, Julian; Larch, Mario Elsevier (2012-02-17)
      Does higher income cause democracy? Accounting for the dynamic nature and high persistence of income and democracy, we find a statistically significant positive relation between income and democracy for a postwar period ...
    • openAccess   Macroeconomic Potentials of Transatlantic Free Trade: A High Resolution Perspective for Europe and the World 

      Felbermayr, Gabriel; Heid, Benedikt Sebastian; Larch, Mario; Yalcin, Erdal Oxford University Press (2015-07-03)
      Critics of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) dismiss its potential welfare gains as small compared with its risks. We contribute to this debate by investigating the driving forces behind ...
    • openAccess   The Rise of the Maquiladoras: A Mixed Blessing 

      Heid, Benedikt Sebastian; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro Wiley (2013)
      Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processingmaquilasector during the 1990s.Since one of the main objectives of themaquiladoraprogram was to promote formal employment, we studyhow the rapid ...