1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-029 // 2016

    Non-Sequential Search, Competition and Price Dispersion in Retail Electricity

    We investigate the impact of consumer search and competition on pricing strategies in Germany’s electricity retail. We utilize a unique panel dataset on spatially varying search requests at major online price…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-028 // 2016

    Changing Fortunes During Economic Transition – Low-Wage Persistence Before and After German Unification

    This paper studies whether the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy offers new perspectives for those who, in economic terms, were relatively deprived under the old regime. Previous empirical…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-027 // 2016

    Do Fiscal Rules Constrain Fiscal Policy? A Meta-Regression-Analysis

    We implement a meta-regression-analysis for the budgetary impact of numerical fiscal rules. Based on 30 studies published in the last decade, we offer a consensus estimate with respect to the level of…

  4. ZEW-Newsletter // 2016

    2016-03

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      • ZEW-Finanzmarktreport
      • Finanzmarktreport Schweiz
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  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    April 2016

    • Leichte Verbesserung der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • Eurozone: Anstieg der Inflationsrate erwartet
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen wieder im positiven Bereich
    • Japan: Konjunkturlage gleitet weiter ins Minus
    • Großbritannien:…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-026 // 2016

    Renewable Energy Targets in the Context of the EU ETS: Whom do They Benefit Exactly?

    We study how European climate and energy policy targets affect different member states and households of different income quintiles within the member states. We find that renewable energy targets in power…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-025 // 2016

    Rent Sharing to Control Non-Cartel Supply in the German Cement Market

    A challenge for many cartels is avoiding a destabilizing increase in non-cartel supply in response to having raised price. In the case of the German cement cartel that operated over 1991-2002, the primary source…

  8. Finanzmarktreport Schweiz // 2016

    April 2016

    • Neutraler Ausblick, keine Wachstumstreiber
    • Internationale Finanzmarktdaten – Einschätzungen und Erwartungen
    • CHF-Abwertung gegenüber USD erwartet
    • Zinserwartungen für die Schweiz unverändert
    • Analysten erwarten…
  9. ZEWnews // 2016

    03 - 2016

    • Chinesische Patente im internationalen Vergleich – Quantität statt Qualität
    • Orientierungspraktikum bringt Kinder bildungsferner Familien an Hochschulen
    • Ausbau von Glasfasernetzen in Europa lässt noch zu wünschen…