Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

Search engines allow users quick access to information, which they are trying to find or discover through the search engine. Thus, search engines have become important information intermediaries. Due to their…

• Optimistische Geschäftserwartungen sorgen für gute Stimmung
• Mitarbeitergewinnung: Große Unternehmen setzen erfolgreich auf E-Recruitment

• 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…