1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-015 // 2022

    Effects of Information-Based Regulation on Financial Outcomes: Evidence From the European Union’s Public Emission Registry

    Information-based policies play an important role in environmental protection efforts around the world. These policies use information provision and/or disclosure to shape behavior in order to meet the policy…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-013 // 2022

    Gone with the Wind: The Effect of Air Pollution on Crime - Evidence from Germany

    Recent evidence suggests a positive impact of air pollution on crime in large cities. We provide first evidence on the potential effect of air pollution on criminal activity using a broader set of geographical…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2022

    Analysing Gender Equality at the Firm Level

    The role of gender in the labour force and potential inequalities between men and women have been widely discussed. Despite efforts to align gender roles in recent decades, high levels of inequality are…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Innovation: Evidence from German Firm-Level Data

    This paper analyses the link between the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and innovation performance in firms. Based on firm-level data from the German part of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2018, we…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2022

    The Interplay Between Product Innovation, Publishing, Patenting, and Developing Standards

    Firms use a variety of practices to disclose the knowledge generated by their R&D activities, including, but not limited to, publishing findings in scientific journals, patenting new technologies, and…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2022

    The heterogeneous effects of environmental taxation on green technologies

    This paper analyses the effectiveness of environmental taxation in stimulating the adoption of end-of-pipe and cleaner production technologies across manufacturing and mining firms between 2008 and 2014. We…

  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2022

    Juni 2022

    • Konjunkturerwartungen steigen leicht an, Ausblick bleibt pessimistisch
    • Euroraum: Lageeinschätzung verschlechtert sich
    • USA: Rückgang der mittelfristigen Inflationserwartungen
    • China: Lockdowns beeinträchtigen…
  8. Discussion and Working Paper // 2022

    Minimum Wages and the Rise in Solo Self-Employment

    Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share…