1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-066 // 2021

    The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, from 1996 to 2019

    This paper studies the evolution of three higher education wage differentials from 1996 to 2019 in Germany, a period when significant changes in the educational composition of the workforce took place. Based on…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-065 // 2021

    Intermittent Versus Dispatchable Power Sources: An Integrated Competitive Assessment

    The cost and revenue earnings potential of alternative power generation sources has shifted considerably in recent years. Here we introduce the concept of Levelized Profit Margins (LPM) to capture the changing…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-064 // 2021

    The Economic and Climate Value of Flexibility in Green Energy Markets

    This paper examines how enhanced flexibility across space, time, and a regulatory dimension affects the economic costs and CO2 emissions of integrating large shares of intermittent renewable energy from wind and…

  9. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2021

    Oktober 2021

    • Konjunkturerwartungen sinken erneut, Lageeinschätzung verbessert sich
    • Euroraum: Erwartungen sinken deutlich
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen deutlich nach unten revidiert
    • China: Konjunkturaussichten…