1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2020

    How marginal is lignite? Two simple approaches to determine price-setting technologies in power markets

    How much carbon is in the price of power? The answer to this question determines many economic consequences of climate policies, i.e. in terms of costs for downstream industries. It requires, however, to first…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-025 // 2020

    Exploring the Puzzle of Human Reproduction: Register Data Based Evidence from France and Germany

    Birth rates differ strongly across European states, despite the deep economic har-monisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale ad-ministrative data from France and Germany to…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-024 // 2020

    Long-Term Effects of the Paraguayan War (1864 – 1870): From Male Scarcity to Intimate Partner Violence

    This paper investigates the long-term effects of the Paraguayan War (1864–1870) on intimate partner violence. The identification of these causal effects relies on a novel historical dataset from which I exploit…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-023 // 2020

    Social Capital and the Spread of Covid-19: Insights From European Countries

    We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pan­demic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Swe­den, Switzerland and the UK. We exploit…

  5. ZEW-Newsletter // 2020

    2020-05

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      • ZEW policy brief
      • ZEW-Kurzexpertise
      • ZEW-Finanzmarktreport
      • ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft
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  6. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2020

    Mai 2020

    • Rückgang der Erwartungen offenbart fortdauernde Unsicherheit: CEP-Indikator fällt auf 14,8 Punkte
    • An der Mai-Umfrage des China Economic Panel vom 11.-20.5.2020 beteiligten sich 35 Analysten
  7. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 20-07 // 2020

    Simulating the Distributive Effect of the Macron-Merkel-Recovery Fund

    In a joint initiative, the political leaders of France and Germany have proposed to set up a EUR 500 billion fund to support the recovery of the EU economy from the COVID-19 recession. The…

  8. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2020

    Juni 2020

    • Trendwende im vierten Quartal
    • Eurozone: Konjunkturerwartungen erneut gestiegen
    • USA: Zweiter Anstieg der Konjunkturerwartungen in Folge
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick weiter verbessert – Konjunkturlage bleibt…