1. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Household energy prices and inequality: Evidence from German microdata based on the EASI demand system

    This paper studies the distributional effects of rising energy costs for households. In contrast to most of the previous literature, our specification differentiates between electricity and heating demand and…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2018

    The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

    This study investigates the within-country heterogeneity of material footprints implied by households’ consumption in Germany. Material footprints are defined as the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2018

    The value of silence - the price of noise

  4. Refereed Journal // 2018

    The Amenity Cost of Road Noise

    This paper reports a complete two stage hedonic analysis for road noise. It is based on a large and detailed administrative data set covering 100,000 housing transactions in Copenhagen, Denmark including data on…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-031 // 2018

    Merging County Administrations – Cross-National Evidence of Fiscal and Political Effects

    While many central governments amalgamate municipalities, mergers of larger county administrations are rare and hardly explored. In this paper, we assess both fiscal and political effects of county mergers in…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Energy transition in Germany and regional spill-overs: The diffusion of renewable energy in firms

    The success of transitioning energy consumption towards renewables highly depends on the willingness and ability of firms to adopt energy technologies that use renewable sources. Existing studies focus on the…

  7. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2018

    Second Quarter - 2018

    • Pessimism Outweighs Optimism
    • DIFI Slips Further Into Negative Territory in Response to Subdued Confidence
    • No Signs of Recovery in Retail Financing
    • Mixed Sentiment in the Refinancing Markets
    • Special Topic: The…