Um die Potenziale der Digitalisierung für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft bestmöglich zu nutzen, ist es wichtig, die Einsatzmöglichkeiten digitaler Technologien und deren Wirkungsmechanismen zu verstehen, messbar zu…
Die Energiewende steht ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda. Stand jetzt ist es aber mehr als ungewiss, ob die Politik auch ihre ambitionierten Ausbauziele erreicht. Auf der Angebotsseite, aber auch beim…
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the human capital formation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
