1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    Endogenous Worst-Case Beliefs in First-Price Auctions

    Bidding in first-price auctions crucially depends on the beliefs of the bidders. We analyze bidding behavior in a first-price auction in which the knowledge of the bidders about the distribution of the values…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    Strategies Under Distributional and Strategic Uncertainty

    I investigate the decision problem which arises in a game of incomplete information under two different types of uncertainty - uncertainty about other players’ type distributions and about other players’…

  3. ZEW policy brief No. 18-01 // 2018

    Elections in Italy: Ten Facts and Ten Conclusions on Italy’s Debt Situation

    With the exception of Greece, Italy is the Eurozone country with the highest debt-to-GDP ratio (132 per cent). In absolute terms, the country accounts for almost one quarter of all government debt in the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-011 // 2018

    Bank Credit Supply and Firm Innovation

    We analyze the causal effect of the credit supply shock to banks induced by interbank market disruptions in the recent financial crisis 2008/2009 on their business customers’ innovation activity. Using a…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Ursachen von Stromsperren in Privathaushalten: Empirische Ergebnisse aus der Allgemeinen Sozialberatung

    This article investigates factors correlated with the suspension of electricity supply in German households because of utility arrears. Utility arrears and power cut-offs occur frequently in households which…

  6. ZEW Newsletter // 2018

    2018-02

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Eighth Edition of the Competition and Innovation Summer School (CISS)
    3. Personalia
      • Education at ZEW
      • Guests at ZEW
    4. Press Releases
    5. Recent Publications
      IN ENGLISH
      • ZEW…
  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2018

    März 2018

    • Rückgang auf hohem Niveau – positiver Ausblick bleibt trotz sinkender Erwartungen bestehen
    • Eurozone: Erwartungen trüben sich leicht ein
    • USA: Konjunkturausblick bleibt weiterhin positiv
    • Japan: Konjunkturlage…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-010 // 2018

    Incentive Regulation: Evidence from German Electricity Networks

    We propose a difference-in-differences (DiD) approach to estimate the impact of incentives on cost reduction. We show theoretically, and estimate empirically, that German electricity distribution system…

  9. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2018

    Januar/Februar 2018

    • Wie die zunehmende Elektromobilität die Energiebranche herausfordert
    • Energiepreise stagnieren kurzfristig
    • Versorgungssicherheit weitgehend stabil