1. Fachzeitschrift // 2022

    Konformität in der DDR und Lebensverhältnisse nach der Wende

    In diesem Beitrag betrachten wir die Lebensverhältnisse von ehemaligen Unterstützer*innen und Gegner*innen des DDR-Regimes über einen Zeitraum von fast drei Jahrzehnten und analysieren, wie sich…

  2. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2022

    3. Quartal 2022

    • Verschlechterte Geschäftslage in Unternehmen der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen vergeben Arbeitsaufträge über Online-Plattformen
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-062 // 2022

    Motivated Beliefs in Auctions

    In auctions bidders are usually assumed to have rational expectations with regards to their winning probability. However, experimental and empirical evidence suggests that agent's expectations depend on direct…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-061 // 2022

    Immigration and the Top 1 Percent

    We study the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes. Using administrative data on the universe of UK taxpayers, we show migrants are over-represented at the top of the income distribution, with…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 22-060 // 2022

    Congestion Management Games in Electricity Markets

    This paper proposes a game-theoretic model to analyze the strategic behavior of inc-dec gaming in market-based congestion management (redispatch). We extend existing models by considering incomplete information…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. 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…

  10. 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…