1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-014 // 2021

    Climate Finance and Emission Reductions: What Do the Last Twenty Years Tell Us?

    In the framework of the Paris Agreement implementation, financial transfers remain a major point of negotiation for addressing equity concerns raised by the ambitious climate objectives. In complement to the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-013 // 2021

    Quantifying the OECD BEPS Indicators – an Update to BEPS Action 11

    In its 2015 Final Report on “Measuring and Monitoring BEPS, Action 11”, the OECD introduced six indicators to quantify and evaluate base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) activity over time. In this study, we…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-012 // 2021

    Using Machine Learning for Measuring Democracy: An Update

    We provide a comprehensive overview of the literature on the measurement of democracy and present an extensive update of the Machine Learning indicator of Gründler and Krieger (2016, European Journal of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-011 // 2021

    International Student Exchange and Academic Performance

    International student exchange has become an important part of university-level studies and the EU plans to increase it significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-010 // 2021

    Incentives and Intertemporal Behavioral Spillovers: A Two-Period Experiment on Charitable Giving

    We test whether and, if so, how incentives to promote pro-social behavior affect the extent to which it spills over to subsequent charitable giving. To do so, we conduct a two-period artefactual field experiment…

  6. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2021

    2020

    Innovation in Germany: Is the German Economy Still on Course for Innovation?

    Innovation expenditure by German companies rose again in 2019, reaching an all-time high of 176.9 billion euros. However, the increase…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-009 // 2021

    Spreading the Disease: Protest in Times of Pandemics

    This study analyzes the impact of COVID-19 deniers on the spread of COVID-19 in Germany. In a first step, we establish a link between regional proxies of COVID-19 deniers and infection rates. We then estimate…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-008 // 2021

    Do Tax Loss Restrictions Distort Venture Capital Funding of Start-Ups?

    I analyze whether anti-tax loss trafficking rules affect the funding of start-ups in Europe. I base my empirical analysis on a panel of VC-funded companies in the EU28 Member States from 1999 to 2014. These…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-007 // 2021

    The Effects of Personal Information on Competition: Consumer Privacy and Partial Price Discrimination

    This article studies the effects of consumer information on the intensity of competition. In a two dimensional duopoly model of horizontal product differentiation, firms use consumer information to price…

  10. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2021

    February 2021

    • Outlook for China Improves Again: CEP Indicator Stands at 64.0 Points
    • 26 analysts participated in the February survey, which was conducted during the period 16 till 24 February 2021