ZEW Discussion Papers

The European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is a key element of European climate policy. In Germany, the EU ETS currently regulates greenhouse gas emissions of about 800 companies. The regulated companies …

As a response to the recent economic and financial crisis the European Commission, at the end of 2008, adopted the "Temporary Framework for State aid measures" to tackle the effects of the credit squeeze on the…

University admission is organized very diff erently throughout the world. Prospective students in the U.S. as well as graduate students in the UK need to apply directly at their preferred universities. All…

The mismatch between workers’ supply of skills and demand for skills in the labour market is at the forefront of the policy debate in European countries. On the one hand, the education sector is heavily…

This article presents a summary of the evaluation of a sector-specific minimum wage in the German waste management industry. The minimum-wage first became effective in January 2010 for all employers and …

Drawing on a large-scale German Linked Employer- Employee data set spanning the time period 1995-2008, this paper provides new evidence on the collective bargaining wage premium in western Germany. By using…

In the last decade, the domestic U.S airline industry has experienced a pronounced consolidation trend reflected in three high-profile mergers and the demise of several smaller players such as ATA Airlines…

Although the public enforcement of anti-cartel laws in the European Union has recently attracted a substantial amount of economic research, several important and policy-relevant research questions remain…

The U.S. airline industry has recently experienced a substantial consolidation trend. Three larger and several smaller mergers within the last ten years raise the immediate question after the welfare…