1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-06 // 2024

    Using Market Design to Improve Red Teaming of Generative AI Models

    With the final approval of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), it is now clear that general-purpose AI (GPAI) models with systemic risk will need to undergo adversarial testing. This provision is a…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-024 // 2024

    Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty

    We analyze the technology sovereignty of Europe, the US, China, Japan, and Korea, representing the world’s leading innovators. By examining citations from the universe of PCT patent applications between 2000 and…

  3. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-01 // 2024

    Global Influence of Inventions and Technology Sovereignty

    The global economic landscape has fundamentally shifted from the paradigm of globalization to renewed concerns regarding the risks and rewards of technological interdependence. This shift has sparked a critical…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-023 // 2024

    Location Factors and Ecosystem Embedding of Sustainability-Engaged Blockchain Companies in the US. A Web-Based Analysis

    While many digital technologies provide opportunities for creating business models with an impact on sustainability, some technologies, especially blockchain applications, are often criticized for harming the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-022 // 2024

    The Digital Economy, Global Tax Reforms and Developing Countries – An Evaluation of Pillar I and Art. 12B UN Model

    This paper evaluates the Multilateral Convention to implement Pillar I Amount A, released by the OECD in October 2023, and the alternative proposal of Art. 12B for tax treaties suggested by the UN, with a…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    April 2024

    • Erholung der Weltwirtschaft befeuert Konjunkturerwartungen
    • Eurozone: Deutlich optimistischerer Konjunkturausblick
    • USA: Lageeinschätzung verbessert sich deutlich
    • China: Erwartungen und Lagebewertung steigen…
  7. #ZEWPodcast // 2024

    „Einmal ZEW, immer ZEW“

    Viele Wissenschaftler/innen verlassen das ZEW nach ihrer Promotion. Einer dieser Alumni ist Dr. Timo Reister, der zwischenzeitlich zum stellvertretenden Vorstandsvorsitzenden des Schmierstoffkonzerns Fuchs SE…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-021 // 2024

    Minimum Wages and Insurance within the Firm

    Minimum wages generate an asymmetric pass-through of firm shocks across workers. We establish this result leveraging employer-employee data on Italian metal manufacturing firms, which face different wage floors…

  9. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Sequestration – Experimental Evidence from a Reforestation Project in Germany

    This study explores the individual willingness to pay (WTP) for carbon removal through afforestation as a complementary climate change mitigation strategy. Using a framed-field experiment, we assess the impact…