1. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Finanzwissen und Finanzbildung in Deutschland – Was wissen wir eigentlich?

    In an international comparison, Germans have a relatively high level of financial knowledge. However, this does not imply that financial knowledge is universally distributed. The share of respondents, who are…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2021

    Dezember 2021

    • Ausblick verbessert von niedrigem Niveau aus
    • Eurozone: Aktuelle Konjunkturlage erneut gesunken
    • USA: Mittelfristige Inflationserwartungen sinken
    • China: Leichte Aufhellung des Konjunkturausblicks
    • Inflationsr…
  3. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Between- and within-country distributional impacts from harmonizing carbon prices in the EU

    This paper examines the distributional impacts from (i) harmonizing prices for carbon dioxide emissions across sectors and EU countries and (ii) using alternative rules for carbon revenue distribution. We…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Biased Health Perceptions and Risky Health Behaviors—Theory and Evidence

    This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as a potential driving force ofrisky health behaviors. We define absolute and relative health perception biases, illustratetheir measurement in…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Cream Skimming by Health Care Providers and Inequality in Health Care Access: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

    Using a randomized field experiment, we show that health care specialists cream-skim pa- tients by their expected profitability. In the German two-tier system, outpatient reimburse- ment rates for both public…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Awareness and Use of (Emergency) Sick Leave: US Employees’ Unaddressed Sick Leave Needs in a Global Pandemic

    We study US sick leave use and unaddressed sick leave needs in the midst of the global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS COV 2) pandemic based on a representative survey. More than half…

  7. ZEW expert brief No. 21-10 // 2021

    A New China Shock?

    China has set itself some very ambitious goals. It aims to become the world’s leading nation in science and technology (S&T) before 2050. According to the 14th five-year plan, China’s gross expenditures on…