1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-053 // 2019

    Collusion Through Market Sharing Agreements: Evidence from Quebec‘s Road Paving Market

    I study a case of market sharing agreements to provide evidence of coordination between colluding firms on the degree to which they compete against each other (henceforth referred to as head-to-head competition)…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-052 // 2019

    Vote Buying in the US Congress

    We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-051 // 2019

    Linking Savings Behavior, Confidence and Individual Feedback: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia

    In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive…

  4. ZEW Newsletter // 2019

    2019-11

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • International Conference on The German Labor Market in a Globalized World
      • Workshop on Environmental Economics Analyses Using Official Firm Data for Germany (AFiD)
    3. Personalia
  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    Policy Instruments for a Crisis-Proof European Union

    Although numerous euro area reforms have been carried out in the last decade, fostering economic crisis resilience and convergence among Member States remains high on the agenda. This policy brief draws on…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Langfristige Wirkungen eines nicht abgeschlossenen Studiums auf individuelle Arbeitsmarktergebnisse und die allgemeine Lebenszufriedenheit

    To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study for Germany to assess the long-term impacts of studying without graduating on three labour market outcomes (working hours, wages, and occupational…