1. Expertises // 2020

    Kommunale Antworten auf die Globale Corona-Krise: Finanzen, Innovationskraft und Lebensqualität verbessern

    This expertise shows based on quantitative and qualitative analyses which challenges arising from the current Corona-Crisis German local communities face. The COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically worsening the…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2020

    Capital Incentive Policies in the Age of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Case Study

    This paper assesses whether current policy environments are appropriate for the emergence of cloud computing technology. In particular, this research uses firm level data for Germany and the United Kingdom to…

  3. ZEW Newsletter // 2020

    2020-08

    1. News
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    4. Recent Publications
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      • IN GERMAN
      • ZEW-Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-041 // 2020

    Klimapolitik während der Corona-Pandemie: Ergebnisse einer Haushaltserhebung

    Based on a survey among more than 6,000 household heads, we present early comprehensive evidence for Germany on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions of climate change and climate policy, on…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-040 // 2020

    Dismissal Protection and Long-term Sickness Absence – First Evidence from Germany

    This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness (> six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-039 // 2020

    When Nudges Fail to Scale: Field Experimental Evidence from Goal Setting on Mobile Phones

    Non-pecuniary incentives motivated by insights from psychology (“nudges”) have been shown to be effective tools to change behavior in a variety of fields. An often unanswered question relevant for public policy…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-038 // 2020

    The Impact of Carbon Disclosure Mandates on Emissions and Financial Operating Performance

    We examine whether a disclosure mandate for greenhouse gas emissions creates stakeholder pressure for firms to subsequently reduce their emissions. For UK-incorporated listed firms such a mandate was adopted in…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-037 // 2020

    The Effect of Patent Litigation Insurance: Theory and Evidence from NPEs

    We analyze the extent to which private defensive litigation insurance deters patent assertion by non-practicing entities (NPEs). We study the effect that a patent-specific defensive insurance product, offered by…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-036 // 2020

    Capital Incentive Policies in the Age of Cloud Computing: An Empirical Case Study

    The following paper assesses whether current policy environments are appropriate for the emergence of cloud computing technology. In particular, this research uses firm-level data for Germany and the UK to…