10/2026 – Economic Policy Frameworks

Well-designed economic policy frameworks are crucial both to the effectiveness of policy measures and to the way businesses and markets develop. What matters is not only the specific design of individual policy instruments, but also the incentives and conditions that shape economic activity.

This issue of ZEW Monthly focuses on “Economic Policy Frameworks”. Our researchers examine the effects of the windfall profit tax in the EU electricity market, the trade-offs associated with carbon border measures, and recent developments in business start-up activity in Germany.