1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-034 // 2020

    The Effectiveness of School Closures and Other Pre-Lockdown COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea

    The rapid spread of COVID-19 forced policy-makers to swiftly find solutions to reduce infection rates and keep mortality as low as possible. Empirical analyses on the effectiveness of control measures are hereby…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-033 // 2020

    Unemployment Benefit Duration and Startup Success

    Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI)…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-032 // 2020

    What Happens when Separate and Unequal School Districts Merge?

    We study the welfare effects of school district consolidation, i.e. the integration of disjoint school districts into a centralised clearinghouse. We show theoretically that, in the worst-case scenario, district…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2020

    Fostering European Identity

    Over recent years, the concept of ‘European identity’ has received increasing scholarly attention. Despite this progress, political initiatives to foster a shared feeling of Europeanness still appear to be…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-031 // 2020

    Trade Liberalization and SO2 Emissions: Firm-Level Evidence from China’s WTO Entry

    Is trade liberalization contributing to cleaner production amongst manufacturing firms? Theoretical predictions and empirical evidences are mixed. This study utilizes China’s dual trade regime and China’s…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-030 // 2020

    A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany

    In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and…

  7. ZEW Newsletter // 2020

    2020-06

    1. News
    2. Personalia
      • In Memoriam
    3. Press Releases
    4. Recent Publications
      IN ENGLISH
      • ZEWnews English Edition
      • ZEW expert briefs
      • German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)
      • ZEW Discussion Papers
  8. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2020

    Second Quarter 2020

    • The Corona Crisis Hits the Industry with Full Force
    • Only the Logistics Sector Could Benefit
    • Renewed Downward Trend in the Refinancing Markets
    • Pressure on Margins Appears to Have Eased