1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 20-07 // 2020

    Ein Reallabor für die Corona-Warn-App

    Die Corona-Warn-App kann Menschenleben retten. Das Grundprinzip solcher Smartphone-Apps zur digitalen Kontaktnachverfolgung ist einfach: Infizierte melden ihre Infektion in der App. Andere Nutzer, die jüngst…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-077 // 2020

    Deposit Insurance, Bank Ownership and Depositor Behavior

    We employ proprietary data from a large bank to analyze how – in times of crisis – depositors react to a bank nationalization, re-privatization and an accompanying increase in deposit insurance. Nationalization…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-076 // 2020

    Fostering Participation in Digital Public Health Interventions: The Case of Digital Contact Tracing

    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has made all the more clear that public health is a public good. Public health interventions try to encourage contributions to this public good. Digital public health interventions are…

  4. ZEW-Newsletter // 2020

    2020-12

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call for Papers
      • SEEK-Workshop zu sozialer Mobilität und Wirtschaftsleistung
      • Neunte Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment
    3. Presse
    4. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW policy…
  5. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2020

    Dezember 2020

    • Ausblick für China weiterhin sehr positiv: CEP-Indikator steht bei 31,3 Punkten
    • An der Dezember-Umfrage des China Economic Panel vom 1.–9.12.2020 beteiligten sich 16 Analysten
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-075 // 2020

    Complex Pricing and Consumer-Side Attention

    This paper analyzes a market in which two horizontally differentiated firms compete by setting menus of two-part tariffs, and in which some consumers are not informed about the linear per-unit price component.…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-074 // 2020

    Booster Draft Mechanism for Multi-Object Assignment

    We describe a new mechanism - what we call a booster draft - for allocating multiple, indivisible objects among a group of individuals. The mechanism’s appeal lies in its strategy-proofness and simplicity:…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-072 // 2020

    How Do Different Compensation Schemes and Loss Experience Affect Insurance Decisions? Experimental Evidence From Two Independent and Heterogeneous Samples

    Although natural hazard insurance is advocated as an important means of risk management, private insurance demand often remains below critical levels. Prior loss experience and the design of governmental…

  9. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2020

    Quartal 4 - 2020

    • Der Aufwärtstrend bei der Finanzierungssituation setzt sich fort
    • Logistik und Wohnen profitieren vom aktuellen Umfeld
    • Keine nachhaltige Verbesserung der Refinanzierungsbedingungen in Sicht
    • Negativer…