We test the effects of uncertainty on market liquidity using Hurricane Sandy as a natural experiment. Given the unprecedented strength, scale and nature of the storm, the potential damages of a landfall…

• Geopolitische Risiken haben negativen Einfluss auf die Konjunkturerwartungen
• Eurozone: Konjunkturwartungen bleiben stabil
• USA: Konjunkturausblick verbessert sich leicht
• Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen gehen…

Die Digitale Transformation gilt als eine der großen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Schnelles Internet, mobile Endgeräte, intelligente Softwarealgorithmen und die Speicherung und Verarbeitung großer…

We analyze the relationship between unemployment and the supply of online labor for microtasking. Using detailed US data from a large microtasking platform between 2011 and 2015, we study the participation and…

This study investigates the within-country heterogeneity of material footprints implied by households' consumption in Germany. Material footprints are defined as the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels…

• Erwartungen bleiben nahezu unverändert
• An der  Mai-Umfrage des China  Economic Panel vom 18.4.–3.5.2018  beteiligten sich  40 Analysten

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered…