Refereed Journals

  1. Refereed Journal // 2026

    The end of work feels near. How do people perceive the impact of digital technologies and automation?

    Anxieties about technological change in the context of the labor market are a recurring historical phenomenon. Using customized survey data collected in 2019 in the US and Germany, prior to the recent wave of…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2026

    Spin city: Local externalities of wind turbines

    Wind turbines offer significant environmental benefits but also create negative local externalities, such as noise and visual pollution, which can lead to local tensions and community resistance against the…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2026

    Human capital, unequal opportunities and productivity convergence: A global historical perspective, 1800–2100

    This paper constructs a new database on public expenditure and revenue and their components, particularly education and health expenditure, covering all world regions over the 1800–2025 period. Human capital…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2026

    A Small Volume Reduction that Melts Down the Market: Auctions with Endogenous Rationing

    Auctions with endogenous rationing are motivated by the regulatory requirement of so-called proportionality of public support and are used to allocate support for renewable energy. They reduce the auctioned…