1. Refereed Journal // 2019

    From less promising to green? Technological opportunities and their role in (green) ICT innovation

    This article aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of Green ICT innovation. We test whether firms active in low-opportunity technological areas…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?

    While income inequality in Germany considerably increased in the years before 2005, this trend was stopped after 2005. We address the question of what factors were responsible for the break in the inequality…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2019

    The Demand for Index‐Based Flood Insurance in a High‐Income Country

    Increased flooding is expected to be one of the greatest threats caused by climate change. Flood insurance helps to cope with the risk of flooding, but take-up rates are relatively low in many places. Mainly in…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    Targets missed: Three case studies exploiting the linked SHARE-RV data

    Targeting is an important aim for social policy. Three case studies in this paper reflect typical short-comings in the targeting design of pension reforms. The first case study …

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    `Deja vol' revisited: Survey forecasts of macroeconomic variables predict volatility in the cross-section of industry portfolios

    We investigate the question whether macroeconomic variables contain information about future stock volatility beyond that contained in past volatility. We show that forecasts of GDP and industrial production…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Disentangling the impact of infrastructure on trade using a new index of infrastructure

    Making use of considerably improved measures of infrastructure, the study assesses the impact of infrastructure on bilateral trade for a panel of 150 developed and emerging economies during the period 1992–2011.…