1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-059 // 2022

    What Drives the Relationship Between Digitalization and Industrial Energy Demand? Exploring Firm-Level Heterogeneity

    The ongoing digital transformation has raised hopes for ICT-based climate protection within manufacturing industries, such as dematerialized products and energy efficiency gains. However, ICT also consume energy…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-058 // 2022

    Local Economic Impacts of Wind Power Deployment in Denmark

    An argument sometimes used to support renewable energy is that it may contribute to job creation. On the other hand, these technologies often face local opposition. On the case of Denmark, the country with the…

  3. Discussion und Working Paper // 2022

    Procuring Survival

    We investigate the impact of public procurement spending on business survival. Using Italy as a laboratory, we construct a large-scale dataset on firms---covering balance-sheet, income-statement, and…

  4. Discussion und Working Paper // 2022

    Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

    We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources geographically within countries. Using enterprise surveys from low- and middle-income…

  5. Discussion und Working Paper // 2022

    Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

    We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources geographically within countries. Using enterprise surveys from low- and middle-income…

  6. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 22-08 // 2022

    The Other Government: State-Owned Enterprises in Germany and Their Implications for the Core Public Sector

    This paper aims to raise the awareness and knowledge about state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Germany – a sizable but often ignored part of the overall public sector which the authors of this ZEW expert brief,…

  7. ZEW policy brief Nr. 22-07 // 2022

    Die Kosten der globalen Mindeststeuer in Deutschland

    Um steuerlich motivierte Gewinnverlagerungen einzudämmen und den Steuerwettbewerb einzugrenzen, einigten sich im Jahr 2021 im Rahmen des „Inclusive Framework“ 137 Staaten darauf, eine globale Mindestbesteuerung…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-057 // 2022

    Mapping Technologies to Business Models: An Application to Clean Technologies and Entrepreneurship

    Theory suggests that new market entrants play a special role for the creation of new technological pathways required for the development and diffusion of more sustainable forms of production, consumption,…