1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-025 // 2017

    Strategic Delegation and International Permit Markets: Why Linking May Fail

    We analyse a principal-agent relationship in the context of international climate policy. Principals in two countries first decide whether to merge domestic emission permit markets to an international market,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-024 // 2017

    Additional Career Assistance and Educational Outcomes for Students in Lower Track Secondary Schools

    Based on local policy variation, this paper estimates the causal effect of additional career assistance on educational outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly…

  3. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2017

    2. Quartal 2017

    • Gute Lage und optimistische Erwartungen
    • Der Serviceroboter – hilfreicher Assistent oder Ersatz für menschliche Arbeitskraft?
  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2017

    What Do a Million Observations Have to Say About Loan Defaults? Opening the Black Box of Relationships

    Using a unique dataset of more than 1 million loans made by 296 German banks, we evaluate the impact of many aspects of customer–bank relationships on loan default rates. Our research suggests a practical…