1. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2021

    Quartal 3 - 2021

    • Situationsindikator steigt deutlich
    • Ausblick für Büro-, Einzelhandels- und Hotelimmobilien trübt sich ein, Logistik- und Wohnimmobilien bleiben im aktuellen Umfeld attraktiv
    • Positive Lageeinschätzung für…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-073 // 2021

    How Do Workers Adjust When Firms Adopt New Technologies?

    We investigate how workers adjust to firms’ investments into new digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, augmented reality, or 3D printing. For this, we collected novel data that links survey…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-072 // 2021

    Information Leakage, Imitation, and the Patent System

    From a firm’s perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand, innovative performance is an important driver of profitability and growth. On the other hand,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-071 // 2021

    Does Green Public Procurement Trigger Environmental Innovations?

    Green public procurement has gained high political priority and is argued to be an effective demand-side policy to trigger environmental innovations. Its implementation usually takes the form of environmental…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-070 // 2021

    The Legacy of State Socialism on Attitudes Toward Immigration

    Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-069 // 2021

    Financing and Advising Early Stage Startups: The Effect of Angel Investor Subsidies

    In recent years governments around the world have introduced policies to stimulate investments in early stage entrepreneurial companies, in particular investments by Angel investors. In this paper we study…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-068 // 2021

    Cross-Country Spillovers of Renewable Energy Promotion – The Case of Germany

    Electricity generation based on renewable energy (RE) sources such as wind and solar replace the most expensive generators that often rely on fossil fuels. In response to RE promotion, wholesale…

  8. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 21-08 // 2021

    Erreichbarkeit von Bildungs-, Gesundheits- und kulturellen Einrichtungen

    Die ungleiche Verteilung von Bildungschancen wird nicht erst seit Beginn der Covid-19-Pandemie diskutiert. Doch haben die langen Phasen von Homeschooling während der Lockdowns deutlicher offengelegt, mit welch…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-067 // 2021

    Between- and Within-Country Distributional Impacts from Harmonizing Carbon Prices in the EU

    This paper examines the distributional impacts from (i) harmonizing prices for carbon dioxide emissions across sectors and EU countries and (ii) using alternative rules for carbon revenue distribution. We…