1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-006 // 2022

    Greenwashing in the US Metal Industry? A Novel Approach Combining SO2 Concentrations From Satellite Data, a Plant-Level Firm Database and Web Text Mining

    This Discussion Paper deals with the issue of greenwashing, i.e. the false portrayal of companies as environmentally friendly. The analysis focuses on the US metal industry, which is a major emission source of…

  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2022

    2022-02

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  3. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Advancing digital health applications: priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation

    In 2019, Germany passed the Digital Healthcare Act, which, among other things, created a “Fast-Track” regulatory and reimbursement pathway for digital health applications in the German market. The pathway…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-005 // 2022

    Artificial Intelligence and Firm-Level Productivity

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often regarded as the next general-purpose technology with a rapid, penetrating, and far-reaching use over a broad number of industrial sectors. A main feature of new…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2022

    European Fiscal Reform Preferences of Parliamentarians in France, Germany, and Italy

    Using data from a unique survey of members of parliaments in France, Germany and Italy in 2018, we estimate the effects of three dimensions on EU and euro area fiscal reform preferences: nationality, political…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2022

    März 2022

    • Ausblick verbessert sich erneut
    • Euroraum: Konjunktureinschätzung verbessert sich
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen sinken deutlich
    • China: Erwartungen gehen leicht zurück
    • Sonderfrage: Inflationsrate im Eurogebiet…
  7. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Experimental games in transdisciplinary research: The potential importance of individual payments

    Laboratory experiments in social sciences are a powerful tool with which to study causal mechanisms in human interactions. Over the past several years, experimental games have been applied increasingly in…

  8. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Jobs, Crime, and Votes – A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany

    Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-004 // 2022

    Government Expenditure in the DINA Framework: Allocation Methods and Consequences for Post-Tax Income Inequality

    Constructing measures of post-tax income inequality that are consistent with national accounts requires the allocation of the entirety of government expenditure to individuals. About half of government…

  10. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Productivity Dynamics and Exports in the French Forest Product Industry

    This paper investigates aggregate productivity dynamics of the French forest product industry based on firm-level data from 1994 to 2016. The main objectives of the paper are to investigate aggregate…