1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-026 // 2020

    Beyond Monetary Barriers to Electric Vehicle Adoption: Evidence From Observed Usage of Private and Shared Cars

    We use car-level micro data to provide empirical evidence on the usage of conventional and electric vehicles (EVs) in private and car sharing fleets in Germany. We shed light on both monetary and non-monetary…

  2. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 20-09 // 2020

    Working from Home and Covid-19

    As the Covid-19 pandemic causes an all-time high share of people to work from home, this disruptive event is likely to have a long-lasting effect on work arrangements. Given existing research on the effects of…

  3. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 20-08 // 2020

    Soloselbstständigkeit in der Corona-Krise

    Die Corona-Pandemie hinterlässt deutliche Spuren in der Wirtschaft. Wie ergeht es dabei den Soloselbstständigen, die oftmals im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes auf sich alleine gestellt sind? Welche Rolle spielt dabei…

  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and Fuel Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Germany

    I investigate the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on fuel efficiency of fossil fuel power plants, using administrative micro data on German power plants from 2003 to 2012. I find…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    How marginal is lignite? Two simple approaches to determine price-setting technologies in power markets

    How much carbon is in the price of power? The answer to this question determines many economic consequences of climate policies, i.e. in terms of costs for downstream industries. It requires, however, to first…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-025 // 2020

    Exploring the Puzzle of Human Reproduction: Register Data Based Evidence from France and Germany

    Birth rates differ strongly across European states, despite the deep economic har-monisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale ad-ministrative data from France and Germany to…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-024 // 2020

    Long-Term Effects of the Paraguayan War (1864 – 1870): From Male Scarcity to Intimate Partner Violence

    This paper investigates the long-term effects of the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) on intimate partner violence. The identification of these causal effects relies on a novel historical dataset from which I exploit…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-023 // 2020

    Social Capital and the Spread of Covid-19: Insights From European Countries

    We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pan­demic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit…

  9. ZEW-Newsletter // 2020

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