1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-035 // 2017

    Competition, Collusion and Spatial Sales Patterns - Theory and Evidence

    We study competition in markets with significant transport costs and capacity constraints. We compare the cases of price competition and coordination in a theoretical model and find that when firms compete, they…

  2. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2017

    September 2017

    • Expectations for Chinese Economy Continue to Recover
    • 30 analysts participated in the September survey, which was conducted during the period 6 till 20 September 2017
  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2017

    Oktober 2017

    • Guter Ausblick für die deutsche Konjunktur
    • Euroraum: Konjunkturaussichten entwickeln sich positiv
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen hellen sich auf
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick verschlechtert sich
    • Großbritannien:…
  4. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Integrating Young Male Refugees: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project

    This study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomised experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project aimed at facilitating social and labour…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Remittances and Public Finances: Evidence from Oil-Price Shocks

    We study the effect of inflowing remittances - a major source of capital for many countries - on tax revenues and tax policy. Instrumenting remittances with changes in the oil-price interacted with a…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-034 // 2017

    The Development of Corporate Tax Structures in the European Union from 1998 to 2015 – Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

    Ongoing tax reform processes, competitive pressures and the consequences of the financial and sovereign debt crisis have considerably shaped the tax systems of the Member States of the European Union in the last…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Inequality of income acquisition: the role of childhood circumstances

    Many studies have estimated the effect of circumstances on income acquisition. Perhaps surprisingly, the fraction of inequality attributable to circumstances is usually quite small – in the advanced democracies,…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-033 // 2017

    Strategic Microscheduling of Movies

    We investigate how competition in product niches affects the timing of product release for experience goods using data on motion pictures in the United States. Additionally, we attempt to estimate the ultimate…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2017

    The impact of participation in job creation schemes in turbulent times

    This paper analyzes the impact of participation in job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High…