1. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    09/2024 – Sustainable Financial Markets

    Financial markets are the backbone of the global economy, directing capital flows and resources to where they are needed. However, climate change and demands for greater environmental and social responsibility…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2024

    Can the Financial Sector Protect the Climate? The Potential of Sustainable Finance

    Climate policy aims to reduce emissions by redirecting investment from emission-intensive toward carbon-neutral assets. One key instrument, carbon pricing, guides investors and asset managers by lowering the…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2024

    Unternehmen als Gestalter der Transformation

  4. ZEW policy brief No. 24-17 // 2024

    Das Verhandlungsgebot im Telekommunikationsmarkt: Analyse und Designempfehlungen

    Die Bundesnetzagentur plant eine Verlängerung der Frequenznutzungsrechte für Telefonica, Telekom und Vodafone bis zum Jahr 2030. Damit verbunden ist ein Verhandlungsgebot. Dieses verpflichtet die etablierten…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    September 2024

    • Schwindende Hoffnung auf eine baldige Besserung der wirtschaftlichen Lage
    • Eurozone: Eingetrübte Konjunkturlage und sinkende Erwartungen
    • USA: Pessimistische Konjunkturerwartungen und erwartete Zinssenkung
    • Ch…
  6. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Climate Change Affectedness and Innovation in Firms

    Climate change increasingly affects businesses in many ways. This paper analyses the link between the way and extent a firm faces economic consequences of climate change on the one hand, and the firm's…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Location factors and ecosystem embedding of sustainability-engaged blockchain companies in the US. A web-based analysis

    While many digital technologies provide opportunities for creating business models that impact sustainability, some technologies, especially blockchain applications, are often criticized for harming the…

  8. ZEW policy brief No. 24-15 // 2024

    Urban Air Mobility – Mehr Luftschloss als Senkrechtstarter!

    Urban Air Mobility (UAM) beschreibt den kommerziellen Personentransport in der Luft, in oder zwischen Städten und ländlichen Gebieten, mittels eVTOL-Vehikeln (electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles).…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model

    We structurally estimate an equilibrium search model using German administrative data and use the model for counterfactual analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does…

  10. Refereed Journal // 2024

    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…