1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-083 // 2024

    Beyond Knowledge: Confidence and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy

    Women are less likely to correctly answer the “Big-3” financial literacy questions, and a substantial share of the gap reflects women’s lower confidence. In our experiment, women are more likely to choose “do…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-081 // 2024

    An Efficient Dynamic Mechanism With Covert Information Acquisition

    We examine a setting of independent private value auctions where bidders can covertly acquire gradual information about their valuations. We demonstrate that a dynamic pivot mechanism implements the rst-best…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Dezember 2024

    • Neuwahlen und EZB-Geldpolitik lassen Konjunkturerwartungen steigen
    • Eurozone: Leichter Optimismus trotz anhaltender Unsicherheiten
    • USA: US-Konjunktur bleibt robust
    • China: Erwartete Konjunkturstabilisierung
  4. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    12/ 2024 – Highlights aus 2024

    Ein ereignisreiches Jahr liegt hinter uns, und mit dieser letzten Ausgabe des ZEW Monthly 2024 blicken wir auf die vergangenen zwölf Monate am ZEW zurück. Wir präsentieren Ihnen eine Auswahl an Highlights aus…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-082 // 2024

    Forceful or Persistent: How the ECB’s New Inflation Target Affects Households’ Inflation Expectations

    We study how households adjust their medium-term inflation expectations under the new ECB inflation targeting strategy. Survey respondents make little difference between the previous strategy of targeting…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-080 // 2024

    Discriminatory Taxation of Investment Funds in the European Union: How the CJEU Case-Law Keeps Ignoring Neutrality

    This paper examines the legal consequences and assesses the economic impact of the differing tax treatment of investment funds in Portugal, Germany, and Luxembourg before and after the Allianzgi-Fonds case…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-078 // 2024

    The Making of China and India in the 21st Century: Long-Run Human Capital Accumulation From 1900 to 2020

    We construct a novel dataset of human capital accumulation in China and India from 1900 to 2020 by combining historical records and educational reports to analyze the role of education in economic divergence.…

  8. #ZEWPodcast // 2024

    „Warum bekommt es Deutschland nicht auf die Reihe?“

    2024 war kein ruhiges Jahr: Die deutsche Autoindustrie geht durch eine schwere Absatzkrise, nach der Wahl Donald Trumps zum Präsidenten der USA deutet alles auf wirtschaftlichen Protektionismus hin und in…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-079 // 2024

    Transporting Behavioral Insights to Low-Income Households: A Field Experiment on Energy Efficiency Investments

    Many industrialized countries have recognized the need to mitigate energy cost increases faced by low-income households by fostering the adoption of energy-efficient technologies. How to meet this need is an…

  10. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-22 // 2024

    Safe AI Made in the EU: Proposal for an EU Safe Generative AI Innovation Program

    We propose an EU Safe Generative AI Innovation Program to address a market failure in generative AI development. While developers can capture significant value from generative AI capability improvements, they…

  11. Analysen und Standpunkte // 2024

    2024

    • Europa zwischen den USA und China
    • Transformation der Wirtschaft
    • Innovationsstandort Deutschland
    • Fiskalregeln, Wirtschaftsethik

    Der Draghi-Bericht für die Europäische Kommission legt den Finger in die…