1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-070 // 2016

    Rockets and Feathers: Asymmetric Pricing and Consumer Search – Evidence from Electricity Retailing

    In many markets prices react stronger to rising than to falling costs. This asymmetric cost pass-through is still not fully understood, but recent theories suggest that asymmetric adjustments of consumers’…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-069 // 2016

    Suchmaschinen unter der Lupe: Informationsherrschaft und ihre Schranken

    Search engines allow users quick access to information, which they are trying to find or discover through the search engine. Thus, search engines have become important information intermediaries. Due to their…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-068 // 2016

    Beyond Equal Rights: Equality of Opportunity in Political Participation

    It is well understood that political participation is stratified by socio-economic characteristics. Yet it is an open question how this finding bears on the normative evaluation of the democratic process. In…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2016

    The Effects of Double Tax Treaties for Developing Countries. A Case Study of Austria’s Double Tax Treaty Network

    To what degree developing countries gain from signing double tax treaties is being hotly debated. In this paper, we analyze Austrian tax treaty policy. We find that developing countries are likely to expect both…