1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 22-06 // 2022

    Price Subsidies May Impair Competition in Retail Market for Natural Gas

    Policymakers have been discussing various potential measures to cushion the impact of skyrocketing gas prices and prevent supply shortages. On 10 October 2022 an expert commission in Germany proposed a plan to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-051 // 2022

    Executive Compensation Tied to ESG Performance: International Evidence

    This paper examines the reliance on ESG metrics in executive compensation contracts. In our sample of international publicly traded firms, a rapidly growing fraction incorporate ESG metrics in the compensation…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-052 // 2022

    Corporate Carbon Emission Statements

    Current corporate disclosures regarding carbon emissions lack commonly accepted accounting rules. The accrual accounting system for carbon emissions described here is grounded in the rules of historical cost…

  4. ZEW Monthly // 2022

    10/2022 – Altersvorsorge und finanzielle Bildung

    Langfristige Trends wie der demografische Wandel, Veränderungen auf den Finanzmärkten sowie aktuell vielfältige Krisen: Diese Faktoren haben weitreichende Auswirkungen auf die Altersvorsorge, das Sparverhalten…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-050 // 2022

    Willingness to Volunteer Among Remote Workers Is Insensitive to the Team Size

    Volunteering is a widespread allocation mechanism in the workplace. It emerges naturally in software development or the generation of online knowledge platforms. Using a field experiment with more than 2000…