1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-001 // 2024

    The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic

    The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on.…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Januar 2024

    • Konjunkturerwartungen steigen bei erwarteten Zinssenkungen
    • Eurozone: Lage wird weiterhin düster eingeschätzt
    • USA: Wachsende Mehrheit erwartet Zinssenkung im kommenden Halbjahr
    • China: Leichte…
  3. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Combinatorial auctions for renewable energy – potentials and challenges

    Combinatorial auctions, which allow bidders to bid not only on individual items but also on packages of items and to express complementary and substitute relationships between items, have rarely been used for…

  4. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2024

    2023

    The ZEW Innovation Survey

  5. #ZEWPodcast // 2024

    Junge Unternehmen: Gründergeist in Krisenzeiten

    Um etwas über Start-ups oder Unternehmensgründungen zu erfahren, braucht die Wissenschaft Daten, die erhoben werden müssen. Dies geschieht in Form von Panels wie dem Gründungspanel, das jährlich in…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Do Refugees Impact Crime? Causal Evidence from Large-Scale Refugee Immigration to Germany

    Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015–2016. Arriving refugees…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Customer Choice of Different Types of Non-Autonomous and Autonomous Transportation Network Company Services in the San Francisco Bay Area

    In recent years, transportation network companies (TNCs) have grown rapidly. However, with the high intensity of competition caused by multi-homing and low switching costs, providers like Uber and Lyft have yet…