ZEW Discussion Papers

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Mit diesen Beiträgen, die überwiegend in Englisch verfasst sind, beteiligen sich die Forscher/innen des ZEW an wissenschaftlichen Fachdebatten. Die Publikationen enthalten vorläufige Beiträge, die zur Veröffentlichung in Fachzeitschriften vorgesehen sind. Die Discussion Papers können ab 1.1.1998 als pdf-Datei abgerufen werden. Sie richten sich an nationale und internationale Zielgruppen.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-032 // 2016

    Extreme Weather and Risk Preference: Panel Evidence from Germany

    Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-031 // 2016

    When Private Information Settles the Bill: Money and Privacy in Google’s Market for Smartphone Applications

    We shed light on a money-for-privacy trade-off in the market for smartphone applications ("apps"). Developers offer their apps cheaper in return for greater access to personal information, and consumers choose…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-030 // 2016

    Debt Deflation, Financial Market Stress and Regime Change – Evidence from Europe Using MRVAR

    The economic meltdown since 2008-9 has created disinflation, and even deflation in some countries in the Euro-area, in a period with large debt overhang, creating the condition for a continuing financial market…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-029 // 2016

    Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity

    We investigate the impact of consumer search and competition on pricing strategies in Germany’s electricity retail. We utilize a unique panel dataset on spatially varying search requests at major online price…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-028 // 2016

    Changing Fortunes During Economic Transition – Low-Wage Persistence Before and After German Unification

    This paper studies whether the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy offers new perspectives for those who, in economic terms, were relatively deprived under the old regime. Previous empirical…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-027 // 2016

    Do Fiscal Rules Constrain Fiscal Policy? A Meta-Regression-Analysis

    We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules. Based on 30 studies published in the last decade, we offer a consensus estimate with respect to the level of…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-026 // 2016

    Renewable Energy Targets in the Context of the EU ETS: Whom do They Benefit Exactly?

    We study how European climate and energy policy targets affect different member states and households of different income quintiles within the member states. We find that renewable energy targets in power…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-025 // 2016

    Rent Sharing to Control Non-Cartel Supply in the German Cement Market

    A challenge for many cartels is avoiding a destabilizing increase in non-cartel supply in response to having raised price. In the case of the German cement cartel that operated over 1991-2002, the primary source…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-024 // 2016

    On Tax Evasion, Entrepreneurial Generosity and Fungible Assets

    We estimate the effects of income from various sources on charitable giving using administrative German income tax data. We demonstrate that charitable contributions are not uniformly affected by different…

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