Projects

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.02.2022 – 31.01.2025

    Governing multi-scale heterogeneities to activate natural carbon sink potentials

    Natural carbon sinks offer potential for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere by using the natural carbon cycle (e.g., Geden and Scott, 2019). This project analyses a cluster of selected CDR measures…

  2. Project // 01.01.2022 – 01.12.2024

    Strategic Bidding and Gaming

    This project supports the implementation of scientific studies on market-based redispatch within the framework of a research project. For this purpose, together with partners of the project consortium, the risk…

  3. Project // 01.12.2021 – 30.09.2026

    BERD@NFDI for Business, Economic and Related Data

    The mission of BERD@NFDI is to develop a future-oriented and powerful research data infrastructure for the integrated management of unstructured data and scientific software for its subject community. With this…

  4. Project // 01.07.2021 – 31.12.2024

    The Effect of Innovation Policy on China’s Competitiveness and the Reaction of Firms in Germany

    In three work packages, we examine the effectiveness of China’s innovation policy in supporting innovation and competitiveness as well as the adaptation of firms…

  5. Project // 01.06.2021 – 31.03.2024

    Taming Tech Giants’ Algorithms: The Amazon Buy-Box Case

    Overview
    Many digital platforms operate as two-sided markets, facilitating the matching between sellers and buyers. Due to ICT developments, online marketplaces such as Amazon are increasingly relevant in our…

  6. Project // 01.02. – 30.09.2021

    The Role of Occupational Pension Schemes for Income in Old Age – Current Evidence and Databases

    Despite the socio-political importance that occupational pension schemes have had since 2001, the incomplete evidence, lack of transparency, and lack of databases have been criticized regularly during the last…

  7. Project // 01.11.2020 – 31.01.2023

    Presentation of Information in the Context of Retirement Planning

    The increasing personal responsibility in retirement provision poses a challenge for many households. Research has shown that especially people with low levels of education, income, and financial knowledge have…

  8. Project // 15.10.2020 – current

    Restructuring and Extension of a Sample of the KfW Business Survey Panel

    The “Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau” (KfW) has been establishing a firm panel on the basis of paper-and-pencil interviews which is representative of medium-sized and large companies since 2002. Companies of all…

  9. Project // 01.07.2020 – current

    Linkage Between the Identifiers of the Mannheim Enterprise Panel and Establishment Data of the German Federal Agency of Labor

    Within the scope of a cooperation between the Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at the IAB (BA-FDZ), Creditreform e.V. and ZEW, the operational data of the Federal Employment Agency, or more…

  10. Project // 01.07.2020 – 30.06.2021

    Financial shocks in the corona crisis: burdens and demands, coping strategies and -resources, and social policy measures

    The corona pandemic and subsequent measures led to financial difficulties for people who were particularly affected by the economic consequences of the crisis, as well as for households that were already living…

  11. Project // 01.01.2020 – 31.10.2021

    Foundation of the Mannheim Institute for Financial Education

    Financial Literacy plays a central role for individual financial well-being and inclusion. It can also play an important role for the stability of financial markets and the effectiveness of central bank…

  12. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2020

    Pension Dashboard for more transparency in old-age provision

    In the coalition agreement of 2018, the federal government set the goal to provide a pension information covering all three pillars of retirement income. This means that the public pension entitlements as well…