ZEW policy briefs

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ZEW policy briefs are four-page documents, containing brief and lucid information on ZEW research results of practical significance for business, policy, and administration.

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  1. ZEW policy brief No. 23-03 // 2023

    Aufnahme von Geflüchteten schafft neue Jobs

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW policy brief No. 23-02 // 2023

    Human Oversight Done Right: The AI Act Should Use Humans to Monitor AI Only When Effective

    The EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is meant to ensure safe AI systems in high-risk applications. The Act relies on human supervision of machine-learning algorithms, yet mounting evidence…

    Digital Economy
  3. ZEW policy brief No. 23-01 // 2023

    Deutsche Haushalte schauen zu optimistisch auf Energiekosten und zu pessimistisch auf Hilfen der Bundesregierung

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  4. ZEW policy brief No. 22-07 // 2022

    Significant Costs, Limited Benefits: A Global Minimum Tax in Germany

    In order to curb tax-motivated profit shifting and limit international tax competition, 137 signatory countries to the Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) agreed in 2021 to introduce a…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  5. ZEW policy brief No. 22-06 // 2022

    Price Subsidies May Impair Competition in Retail Market for Natural Gas

    Policymakers have been discussing various potential measures to cushion the impact of skyrocketing gas prices and prevent supply shortages. On 10 October 2022 an expert commission in Germany proposed a plan to…

    Market Design
  6. ZEW policy brief No. 22-05 // 2022

    Was tun, wenn der Markt kollabiert?

    Die Situation ist ernst. Etliche Gaskunden werden im Winter ihre Heizung herunterdrehen oder ihre Produktion herunterfahren müssen. Je kälter der Winter, desto größer das Problem. Ökonomen sind sich weitgehend…

    Board of Directors
  7. ZEW policy brief No. 22-04 // 2022

    Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen – Berichtsstandards und Begleitanalysen nationaler Klimaschutzbeiträge stärken

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  8. ZEW policy brief No. 22-03 // 2022

    The Centralization of Natural Gas Procurement in the EU: An Economic Perspective

    In this policy brief, we review the main trade-offs associated with joint procurement, or procurement “centralization”, as identified by procurement scholars. We then focus on the specific case of natural …

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  9. ZEW policy brief No. 22-02 // 2022

    Versicherung von Hochwasserschäden klimasicher und sozial verträglich gestalten

    Environmental and Climate Economics