1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 19-08 // 2019

    Klimaabkommen von Paris: Die vereinbarten dynamischen Anreize wirken kontraproduktiv

    Das Pariser Klimaabkommen von 2015 ist mit der großen Hoffnung verbunden, die globale Erwärmung auf das vereinbarte 2-Grad-Ziel zu beschränken. Dazu sind substanzielle Klimaschutzbeiträge unabdingbar. Ein…

  2. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2019

    Quartal 4 - 2019

    • Wann erholt sich der Markt für Immobilienfinanzierungen?
    • Gemischtes Bild bei den Einschätzungen zum Immobilienfinanzierungsmarkt
    • Betongold glänzt nicht immer
    • Globale Trends: Wohnimmobilien am stärksten betroffen
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-054 // 2019

    Citizens’ Trade-offs in State Merger Decisions: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment

    Voters dealing with jurisdictional merger decisions face a trade-off between economies of scale and preference costs. Larger jurisdictions may offer cost advantages, yet the downside is that policies in larger…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-053 // 2019

    Collusion Through Market Sharing Agreements: Evidence from Quebec‘s Road Paving Market

    I study a case of market sharing agreements to provide evidence of coordination between colluding firms on the degree to which they compete against each other (henceforth referred to as head-to-head competition)…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-052 // 2019

    Vote Buying in the US Congress

    We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-051 // 2019

    Linking Savings Behavior, Confidence and Individual Feedback: A Field Experiment in Ethiopia

    In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive…

  7. ZEW-Newsletter // 2019

    2019-11

    1. Aktuelles
    2. Call for Papers
      • Internationale Konferenz zum deutschen Arbeitsmarkt in einer globalisierten Welt
      • Arbeitstreffen zu umweltökonomischen Analysen mit Amtlichen Firmendaten für Deutschland (AFiD)
  8. Discussion und Working Paper // 2019

    Policy Instruments for a Crisis-Proof European Union

    Although numerous euro area reforms have been carried out in the last decade, fostering economic crisis resilience and convergence among Member States remains high on the agenda. This policy brief draws on…