In a lab experiment, we analyze the benefits of increasing competition on auction platforms hosting multiple auctioneers of a homogeneous good. We find that increasing competition by merging separated individual…
Die Anwendung des ermäßigten Mehrwertsteuersatzes auf Restaurant-Dienstleistungen wird nach jetzigem Rechtsstand zum Jahresende auslaufen. Diese Ausnahme war 2020 als vorübergehende steuerpolitische Hilfe für…
Central bank surveys frequently elicit households’ probabilistic beliefs about future inflation. The responses provide only a coarse picture of inflation beliefs further away from zero. Using data from the…
We propose to treat survey-based density expectations as compositional data when testing either for heterogeneity in density forecasts across different groups of agents or for changes over time. Monte Carlo…
Using data from the European Central Bank's Survey of Professional Forecasters and ECB/Eurosystem staff projections, we analyze the role of ex-ante conditioning variables for macroeconomic forecasts. In…
We analyze the effectiveness of the German tax reduction on fuel prices (‘Tankrabatt’) that was introduced for three months, starting on 1 June 2022. We use the synthetic difference-in-differences estimator to…
Das deutsche Rentensystem steht vor großen Herausforderungen. Der demografische Wandel, durch den das Verhältnis von Beitragszahlern/-innen und Rentnern/-innen zunehmend in Schieflage gerät, sorgt für wachsenden…
We investigate multinational firms' activities in tax havens and regulatory efforts to curb these activities in three steps. First, we discuss the evolution of information exchange and disclosure regimes among…