1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-001 // 2023

    The SearchEngine: A Holistic Approach to Matching

    The SearchEngine is an open source project providing an integrated framework for diverse matching activities, especially the linkage of large scale firm data by fuzzy criteria like company names and addresses.…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2023

    What Are the Priorities of Bureaucrats? Evidence from Conjoint Experiments with Procurement Officials

    While effective bureaucracy is crucial for state capacity, its decision-making remains a black box. We elicit preferences of 900+ real-world public procurement officials in Finland and Germany. This is an…

  3. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2023

    2022

    The ZEW Innovation Survey

  4. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Women Leaving the Playpen: The Emancipating Role of Female Suffrage

    The role of women in Western societies changed dramatically in the 20th century. We study how political empowerment affected women’s emancipation as reflected in their life choices like marital decisions and…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Saving regret and procrastination

    We define saving regret as the wish in hindsight to have saved more earlier in life. We measured saving regret and possible determinants in a survey of U.S. households in which respondents were aged 60-79. We…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The 2015 refugee inflow and concerns over immigration

    How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual-level panel data for the years 2012–2018 and a policy that allocates asylum-seekers to districts, I…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Regression Discontinuity Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Minimum Legal E-Cigarette Purchasing Age

    Increases in youth vaping rates and concerns of a new generation of nicotine addicts recently prompted an increase in the federal minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes,…

  8. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The demand for public flood protection under a compulsory private flood insurance scheme

    After the 2021 flood events in Germany, the introduction of compulsory flood insurance is debated. However, insurance coverage for private buildings and belongings may undermine the willingness to pay for…

  9. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2023

    Irreversibility

  10. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2023

    Thermodynamics and the Laws of Thermodynamics

  11. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2023

    Sustainability