1. Branchenreport Innovationen // 2022

    2022 – Unternehmensdienste

    Jahrg. 30 ∙ Nr. 47 ∙ Januar 2023

    Der Branchenreport Innovation für die Branche Unternehmensdienste stellt die Innovationsleistung der Branche im Jahr 2022 dar. Der Anteil der Unternehmen mit Produktinnovationen…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-071 // 2022

    Algorithmic Advice as a Credence Good

    Actors in various settings have been increasingly relying on algorithmic tools to support their decision-making. Much of the public debate concerning algorithms - especially the associated regulation of new…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-070 // 2022

    Households’ Financial Fragility During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

    I examine the financial fragility of German households during the second wave of COVID-19 infections in the winter of 2020/21 by analyzing the households’ ability to come up with EUR 2,000 within one month.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-069 // 2022

    The Labor Demand Effects of Refugee Immigration: Evidence From a Natural Experiment

    We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-068 // 2022

    COVID-19 and the Formation of Energy Conservation Routines: Disentangling the Relative Importance of Attention and Income Shocks

    We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the formation of energy conservation routines. To do so, we use data from two nationwide surveys of German households, conducted before and during the pandemic.…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-067 // 2022

    Global Payment Disruptions and Firm-Level Exports

    We exploit proprietary information on severed correspondent banking relationships — due to the stricter enforcement of financial crime regulation — to assess how payment disruptions impede cross-border trade.…

  7. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2022

    Quartal 4 - 2022

    • Finanzierungssituation und -ausblick werden erneut schlechter beurteilt
    • Neue Tiefstände bei Einzelhandel, Logistik und Wohnen
    • Lage und Ausblick an den Refinanzierungsmärkten trüben sich stark ein
    • Loan-to-Va…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-066 // 2022

    Bank Manager Sentiment, Loan Growth and Bank Risk

    We build a textual score measuring the tone of bank earnings press release documents. We use this measure to define bank manager sentiment as the variation in the textual tone score which is orthogonal to…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-065 // 2022

    Measuring the Digitalisation of Firms – A Novel Text Mining Approach

    Due to the omnipresence of digital technologies in the economy, measuring firm digitalisation is of high importance. However, current indicators show several shortcomings, e.g., they lack timeliness and regional…