1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2021

    Die Online-Plattform MINE - eine Brücke zwischen Umwelt und Wirtschaft

    The sustainable management of natural resources is one of the most important tasks humanity faces. The interdisciplinary online platform MINE-Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy…

  2. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2021

    March 2021

    • Expectations for China Decline: But Outlook Remains Positive
    • 28 analysts participated in the March survey, which was conducted during the period 9 till 17 March 2021
  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2021

    April 2021

    • Konjunkturoptimismus wird noch größer
    • Eurozone: Leichter Anstieg der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • US-Wirtschaft im Aufschwung
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen erneut verbessert
    • Großbritannien: Großer Sprung in der…
  4. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Intergenerational mobility and self-selection on unobserved skills: New evidence

    This study proposes a novel way to examine self-selection on unobserved skills and applies it to a sample of young males seeking asylum in 2015/16 in Germany. First, the degree of intergenerational mobility of…

  5. ZEW Documentation No. 21-01 // 2021

    Dokumentation zur Innovationserhebung 2020

    Das Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) erhebt seit 1993 jährlich die Innovationsaktivitäten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Die Erhebung findet im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und…

  6. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2021

    First Quarter 2021

    • The Positive Trend Continues
    • Retail Segment Suffering Under the Current Lockdown
    • Refinancing Markets on the Up
    • Office Property Financing During the COVID-19 Crisis
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-027 // 2021

    What Drives Carbon Emissions in German Manufacturing: Scale, Technique or Composition?

    Drastic emission reductions are necessary to combat climate change. However, despite several climate policies, carbon emissions from German manufacturing have actually increased between 2005 and 2017. In this…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-026 // 2021

    Welfare Effects of Property Taxation

    We analyze the welfare implications of property taxation. Using a sufficient statistics approach, we show that the tax incidence depends on how housing prices, labor and other types of incomes as well as public…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Die Zukunft der Schuldenbremse nach der Pandemie: Einsichten aus einer Befragung aller 16 Landesparlamente

    The German constitutional fiscal rule (the „debt brake”) is increasingly subject to a reform debate that has intensified with the fiscal fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. This article presents survey evidence…

  10. Discussion and Working Paper // 2021

    Price Matching Guarantees and Collusion: Theory and Evidence from Germany

    On May 27, 2015, the Shell network of gas stations in Germany introduced a Price Matching Guarantee (PMG) available to its card-carrying members. In the ensuing weeks, a series of attempts at tacit collusion…

  11. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Book Review „Aufderheide, D. and M. Dabrowski (Eds.). Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz. Wirtschaftsethische und moralökonomische Perspektiven (2020)

    Das Buch beinhaltet vier Referate und zu jedem Referat zwei Korreferate. Die Korreferate enthalten lesenswerte Einschätzungen der Referate und weitergehende Überlegungen. Das Buch kann Interessenten der Ethik…

  12. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-025 // 2021

    Monetary Incentives and the Contagion of Unethical Behavior

    We analyze both theoretically and empirically how monetary incentives and information about others’ behavior affect dishonesty. We run a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, each of whom observes a…