How important is Google for scientific research? This paper exploits the exogenous shock represented by Google’s sudden withdrawal of its services from mainland China to assess the importance of access to…
In a time of groundbreaking changes and technological revolutions, it is of great importance for Germany to remain innovative and establish future-oriented business models. A key question is whether Germany can…
Beeinflusst zunehmender Rechtspopulismus die Attraktivität von Wirtschaftsstandorten? Um dieser Frage nachzugeben, wird zum einen ein Überblick über die dazu bestehende Fachliteratur gegeben. Zum anderen werden…
When firms are forced to publicly disclose financial information, credit rating agencies are generally expected to improve their risk assessments. Theory predicts such an information quality effect but also…
Wir zeigen, wie sich die fiskalischen Wirkungen einer Steuersatzsenkung, Abschreibungsvergünstigung und Investitionsprämie über einen Zeitraum, der durch eine Ergebniskrise geprägt ist, voneinander…
Public financial support for firm-level Research and Innovation (R&I) can generate important socio-economic returns. This is especially true if firms use this support to develop radical innovation, defined as…
This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…
At the latest with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the significance and scope of artificial intelligence (AI) became evident to the general public. In December, following intensive trialogue…
This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…
