Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

• European Banks Under Stress – Crisis Scenario Reveals Huge Capital Shortfalls
• Digitisation in the Electricity Industry Proceeds at Too Slow a Pace
• State Aid for Companies in Financial Straits Realised Desired…

We analyze the best price clauses (BPCs) of online travel agents (OTAs) using meta-search price data of more than 45,000 hotels in different countries. Although OTAs apparently have not changed their standard…

• New ZEW President Achim Wambach Establishes Research Group "Market Design"
• Childhood Is a Decisive Factor in Income Disparities in the UK and the US
• Still Room for Improvement as EU Fibre-Optic Networks Expand
• Unil…

We provide a structured overview of the quantitative literature on the economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet. Differentiating between wireline and wireless technologies as well…

• Schlechte Stimmung bei den Mediendienstleistern verfestigt sich
• Mobiles Arbeiten gewinnt an Bedeutung