1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2022

    Government Expenditure in the DINA Framework: Allocation Methods and Consequences for Post-Tax Income Inequality

    Constructing measures of post-tax income inequality that are consistent with national accounts requires the allocation of the entirety of government expenditure to individuals. About half of government…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Taxes and Business Philanthropy in Armenia

    The majority of countries around the world provide tax incentives for business philanthropy. However, little is known about the responsiveness of businesses to this tax treatment. This paper expands on this…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-021 // 2022

    Economic Consequences of a Sudden Stop of Energy Imports: The Case of Natural Gas in Germany

    This policy report studies the effects of a sudden stop of natural gas imports from Russia on the German economy. The analysis focuses on the supply-side effects that arise when a gas shortage affects production…

  4. ZEW Newsletter // 2022

    2022-06

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  5. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Austerity and Distributional Policy

    How does fiscal austerity affect redistributive policies? We document that during austerity episodes, countries tend to increase marginal income tax rates on top earners, but not on average earners. We then show…

  6. ZEW expert brief No. 22-05 // 2022

    Magnitudes and Capital Key Divergence of the Eurosystem’s PSPP/PEPP Purchases – Update June 2022

    The ECB is about to discontinue its net asset purchases. In December 2021, the ECB Council had already decided to end net purchases under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) by the end of March…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-020 // 2022

    More Money or Better Procedures? Evidence From an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program

    We contribute to the literature on how program design affects program performance among vulnerable groups by studying the effects of varying the subsidy level and program procedures in an energy efficiency…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-019 // 2022

    Regional Structural Change and the Effects of Job Loss

    Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers’ careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Employment and Innovation in Recessions: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    This paper investigates the employment effects of innovation over the business cycle with a large data set of manufacturing firms from 26 European countries from 1998 to 2014. The paper reveals four important…

  10. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Supplier Selection and Contract Enforcement: Evidence from Performance Bonding

    We analyze an important but little-studied institution for balancing supply risk in the management of procurement operations: performance bonding. By adding the surety as a third party that guarantees…

  11. Expertises // 2022

    Politischer Konsens für den EU-Emissionshandel für Wärme und Verkehr – durch gerechte Ausgestaltung und ökonomisch effizienten Preis

    Die Erweiterung des Emissionshandels auf den Gebäude- und Transportsektor (ETS2) ist ein Kernelement des Fit-for-55-Pakets der Europäischen Kommission, das politisch hoch umstritten ist. Ziel des ETS2 ist, durch…

  12. Expertises // 2022

    Den EU-Emissionshandel stärker in Anspruch nehmen zur Entlastung der nationalen Klimaziele

    Der europäische Emissionshandel (EU ETS) ist ein Kernelement der EU-Klimapolitik. Doch die von der Europäischen Kommission vorgeschlagene Revision des EU ETS hat derzeit im Europäischen Parlament einen schweren…