ZEW Discussion Papers

Many donors leave tax benefits unclaimed even when doing so requires minimal effort and yields meaningful financial rewards. Findings from our representative survey point to confusion about how to deduct…

European policymakers argue that bidding zones with uniform prices ensure fairness in electricity markets. Since the outcome of such a fair spot market is often infeasible due to network constraints, a second…

Career choice, earnings, and other key economic outcomes have been linked to gender differences in willingness to compete. This paper examines how gender stereotypes shape these differences. We conduct a…

We develop a licensing-litigation model to analyze how different injunction frameworks affect bargaining behavior, equilibrium royalties, and litigation out comes in standard-essential patent (SEP) disputes.…

By extending carbon pricing to buildings and road transport through ETS2, the European Union is undertaking a major policy experiment in market creation. ETS2 overlaps national emissions budgets and technology…

The abrupt shortage of natural gas imports during the 2022/2023 energy crisis following Russia’s war against Ukraine forced European countries to rapidly cut consumption. In response, governments and energy…

Can correcting large misperceptions about foreign economic exposure change preferences over economic integration? We study this question in a high-stakes setting, Chinese direct investment in Germany, with a…

Using Hong Kong census data from 1976 to 2021, this paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of absolute intergenerational mobility (AIM) in a transitioning Asian economy. We introduce two innovations:…

Digital platforms govern not only how ecosystem value is created, but also how complementors capture it. In this paper, we study how content creators respond when a dominant platform restricts monetization while…