1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-052 // 2023

    Anti-corruption Campaign in China: An Empirical Investigation

    Using official information published by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC, we construct a database of officials who have been found guilty of corruption in China in the period…

  2. ZEW Monthly // 2023

    11/2023 – Labour Markets

    In early November, the Federal Statistical Office reported a new record in the job market: By September 2023, employment in Germany surpassed the 46 million mark for the first time. Considering the multiple…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2023

    Some Effects of Basic Income on Economic Variables

    Desai and Palermo discuss the effects of Basic Income on selected economic variables. The discussion has a theoretical basis and uses a microeconomic approach. The effects that the chapter studies concern both…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Incumbency Advantages: Price Dispersion, Price Discrimination and Consumer Search at Online Platforms

    When lower prices are available only to consumers who search, firms can price discriminate based on search. We study local German electricity retail markets in which nonsearching consumers pay the incumbent’s…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-051 // 2023

    Revenue Maximization with Partially Verifiable Information

    I consider a seller selling a good to bidders with two-dimensional private information: their valuation for a good and their characteristic. While valuations are non-verifiable, characteristics are partially…