Public organizations rely on open innovation to maintain and improve public service performance. Suppliers are a key source of such innovation. Public contracting authorities act as the interface between public…
Over the past decade, the European Union has built a comprehensive supranational framework to combat corporate tax avoidance. This article provides the first integrated assessment of the EU's post-2015…
During the post-pandemic inflation surge, many central banks used communication about the inflation outlook to limit spillovers from realized to expected inflation. We present novel survey evidence showing that…
Many countries limit how long a worker may be kept on a temporary contract, yet little is known about how firms and workers respond when this maximum duration is tightened. Does a shorter cap simply displace…
We revisit the employer size wage effect (ESWE)—arguably the most basic and influential departure from the law of one price for labor. Our main result is that this canonical fact disappears completely across…
In 2026, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) submitted its annual report to Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the first time. This year’s focus includes topics such as the…
After the end of the Cold War, the U.S. withdrew approximately 200,000 soldiers from Germany within a few years. A joint study by the ZEW in Mannheim and the University of Cologne shows that this had significant…
Private university campuses can measurably boost the regional economy: A joint analysis by ZEW Mannheim and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI shows that startups originating on…
