1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-073 // 2020

    Bildungsdefizite Corona-bedingter Schulschließungen? Eine bildungshistorische Analyse

    In current forecasts of learning and income losses due to corona-related school closings, the short school years for the nationwide standardization of the start of the school year and the extension of compulsory…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-072 // 2020

    How Do Different Compensation Schemes and Loss Experience Affect Insurance Decisions? Experimental Evidence From Two Independent and Heterogeneous Samples

    Although natural hazard insurance is advocated as an important means of risk management, private insurance demand often remains below critical levels. Prior loss experience and the design of governmental relief…

  3. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2020

    Fourth Quarter 2020

    • Upward Trend in Financing Situation Continues
    • Logistics and Residential Sectors Benefiting from the Current Environment
    • No Sustainable Improvement in Sight for Refinancing Conditions
    • Negative Outlook in…
  4. ZEW expert brief No. 20-16 // 2020

    Magnitudes and Capital Key Divergence of the Eurosystem’s PSPP/PEPP Purchases – Update December 2020

    Since March 2020, the Eurosystem has been purchasing government bonds under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP). The PEPP was set up as a non-standard policy measure to encounter the economic…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2020

    A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties

    This study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband within and across neighboring counties in Germany. Utilizing a balanced panel dataset of 401 German counties with data from 2010 to 2015 as…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-071 // 2020

    Product Liability and Reasonable Product Use

    We analyze a monopolist who offers different variants of a possibly dangerous product to heterogeneous customers. Product variants are distinguished by different safety attributes. Customers choose product usage…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-070 // 2020

    Industry 4.0 Related Innovation and Firm Growth

    In this paper we explore the relationship between innovative firms that patent technology related to Industry 4.0 and their economic performance. By applying the new patent cartography developed by the EPO that…