Schwab, Jakob

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Jakob Schwab

Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function
Associate Researcher

Specialization
Economy

Vita

1/2018-12/2020	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Research Programme "Environmental Governance and Transformation to Sustainability"
6/2016-12/2017	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher Department "World Economy and Development Financing"
2015/16	Yale University Visiting Scholar
2009-2015	Gutenberg University Mainz / GSEFM Frankfurt Ph.D. Economics
2006-2009	University of Constance M.Sc. Economics
2004-2006	Free University of Berlin B.Sc. Economics

Refereed Publications

Brandi, Clara / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Noémie Laurens / Jakob Schwab (2024)
Using trade provisions to make environmental agreements more dynamic
in: International Studies Quarterly (forthcoming)
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab (2024)
Environmental outcomes in agriculture: the effects of environment-related provisions in regional trade agreements
Rome: FAO
Morin, Jean-Fréderic / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2023)
Environmental agreements as clubs: evidence from a new dataset of trade provisions
in: Review of International Organizations 19, 33-62
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2021)
The trade effects of the economic partnership agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical insights from panel data
in: Journal of Common Market Studies 59 (6), 1495-1515
Pahl, Stefan / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2021)
Cling together, swing together: the contagious effects of COVID‐19 on developing countries through global value chains
in: The World Economy 45 (2), 539-560
Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jean-Frédéric Morin / Jakob Schwab (2020)
The trade effects of environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements
in: Beverelli, Cosimo / Jürgen Kurz / Damian Raess (Eds.), International Trade, Investment, and the Sustainable Development Goals, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 111-139
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab (2020)
Depression of the deprived or eroding enthusiasm of the elites: What has shifted the support for international trade?
in: European Journal of Political Economy 64, article 101901
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
in: World Development 129 (May 2020), article 104899
Redonda, Agustin / Santiago Diaz de Sarralde / Mark Hallerberg / Lise Johnson / Ariel Melamud / Ricardo Rozemberg / Jakob Schwab / Christian von Haldenwang (2019)
Tax expenditure and the treatment of tax incentives for investment
in: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (12), 1-11
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab (2019)
Like it or not? How the economic and institutional environment shapes individual attitudes towards multinational enterprises
in: The World Economy 42 (3), 636-67
von Haldenwang, Christian / Jakob Schwab (2018)
Pathways to international tax governance: has the German G20 presidency made a difference?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 141-155

Non-refereed Publications

Berger, Axel / Ali Dadkhah / Florian Gitt / Zoryana Olekseyuk / Jakob Schwab (2024)
The Investment Facilitation Index (IFI): quantifying domestic investment facilitation frameworks
Geneva: International Trade Centre
Krings, Katharina / Jakob Schwab (2021)
Blockchain technology in supply chains – what are the opportunities for sustainable development?
(Briefing Paper 2/2021)
Krings, Katharina / Jakob Schwab (2020)
Blockchain-Technologie in Lieferketten – welche Chancen bietet sie für nachhaltige Entwicklung?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 19/2020)
Pahl, Stefan / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2020)
Cling together, swing together: the contagious effects of COVID-19 on developing countries through global value chains
(Discussion Paper 21/2020)
Schwab, Jakob (2020)
Wer profitiert von der Digitalisierung?
in: machbar - impulse für nachhaltiges handeln 2020, Berlin: VENRO/Netzwerk Agenda 2020, 13-19
Könings, Fabian / Jakob Schwab (2020)
Accounting for intergenerational social immobility in low- and middle-income countries
Jena Economic Research Papers (2020-008), Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
Stender, Frederik / Axel Berger / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab (2020)
The trade effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: early empirical insights from panel data
(Discussion Paper 7/2020)
Schwab, Jakob / Jan Ohnesorge (2019)
Potential of blockchain technology for trade integration of developing countries
(Briefing Paper 4/2019)
Schwab, Jakob / Jan Ohnesorge (2019)
Potenziale der Blockchain-Technologie für die Handelsintegration von Entwicklungsländern
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 4/2019)
Schwab, Jakob (2018)
North-South Globalization and foreign direct investment: essays in international economics
Wiesbaden: Springer
Diaz de Sarralde, Santiago / Mark Hallerberg / Lise Johnson / Ariel Melamud / Agustin Redonda / Ricardo Rozemberg / Jakob Schwab / Christian von Haldenwang (2018)
Tax expenditure and the treatment of tax incentives for investment
published on T20 Argentina 2018
von Haldenwang, Christian / Tommaso Faccio / Tobias Hentze / Thomas Mättig / Irma Johanna Mosquera Valderrama / Agustín Redonda / Gabriela Rigoni / Jakob Schwab / Rob Vos (2018)
Tax competition
published on T20 Argentina 2018
Hilbrich, Sören / Jakob Schwab (2018)
Towards a more accountable G20? Accountability mechanisms of the G20 and the new challenges posed to them by the 2030 Agenda
(Discussion Paper 13/2018)
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab (2017)
Die Haltung zur ökonomischen Globalisierung als Abbild von Verteilungsinteressen? Einige Ergebnisse auf der Basis von Umfragedaten
in: ifo Schnelldienst 70 (9), 16-18

Opinion Pieces

Berger, Axel / Clara Brandi / Jakob Schwab / Frederik Stender (2021)
The jury is still out on the economic partnership agreements
published on jcms.ideasoneurope.eu, 16.08.2021
Schwab, Jakob (2020)
Wer profitiert von der Digitalisierung?
in: machbar - impulse für nachhaltiges handeln 2020, Berlin: VENRO/Netzwerk Agenda 2020, 13-19
Schwab, Jakob (2019)
Von Millionen zu Milliarden: Entwicklungsländer müssen ihre Steuerbasis stärken
in: Frankfurter Rundschau 15.07.2019
von Haldenwang, Christian / Jakob Schwab (2018)
Is Trump's tax reform bad for developing countries?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 12 February 2018
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab (2016)
Survey evidence: the low-skilled oppose globalisation in rich countries, while the high-skilled oppose it in poor ones
published on LSE London School of Economics and Political Science 22.06.2016

Projects

Fair Globalisation

Highlight

[Translate to English:] Cover: World Development “Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?”

Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
Brandi, Clara / Jakob Schwab / Axel Berger / Jean-Frédéric Morin (2020)
in: World Development 129 (May 2020)

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[Translate to English:] Cover: Jena Economic Research Papers (2020-008) “Accounting for intergenerational social immobility in low- and middle-income countries”

Accounting for intergenerational social immobility in low- and middle-income countries
Könings, Fabian / Jakob Schwab (2020)
Jena Economic Research Papers (2020-008)

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[Translate to English:] Cover: European Journal of Political Economy 64 “Depression of the deprived or eroding enthusiasm of the elites: What has shifted the support for international trade?”

Depression of the deprived or eroding enthusiasm of the elites: What has shifted the support for international trade?
Harms, Philipp / Jakob Schwab (2020)
in: European Journal of Political Economy 64