ZEW policy briefs

The exchange of knowledge between science and industry has been a focus of innovation research and policy for many decades. New developments in the way technologies are generated, shared, and transferred into…

Hopes in the 2015 Paris Agreement are high that global warming will be limited to the two-degree target agreed on by the various signatory states. To this end, substantial climate protection contributions are…

More than 80 per cent of the individual energy consumption of households in Germany is used for heating and hot water. Since the majority of installed heating systems still run on fossil fuels, the buildings…

The way search results are listed on Internet platforms has a decisive influence on which goods are purchased and which services are booked. However, not every position and recommendation on these platforms is…

Over the past decade, policymakers, non-profit organizations, and the media have demanded greater transparency by multinational firms regarding their global operations and tax payments. These demands are…

Germany is currently faced with the task of accommodating many fugitives and opening up new life perspectives for them. The individuals that have come to Germany to seek protection in recent years do not form a…

In the current transport policy debate on inner-city pollution levels and speed limits on motorways, it is common that advocates and opponents of certain measures exchange arguments that completely lack…

Several European countries such as Spain, Portugal, and Greece implemented austerity programs to cope with the government-debt crisis in the aftermath of the Great Recession: They increased taxes on consumption,…

The "multicrisis" of European integration from the euro debt crisis through the migration dispute to Brexit has kicked-off a comprehensive reform debate. This debate covers the evolution of European Monetary…