1. ZEW Newsletter // 2021

    2021-12

    IN ENGLISH

    IN GERMAN

    1. News
    2. Calls for Papers
      • ZEW Conference on Ageing and Sustainable Finance (6-8 April 2022)
      • Tenth Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment (16-17 May 2022)
    3. Personalia
      • A…
  2. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Election Cycles in European Public Procurement

    We study the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union. Along the procurement process, we separately analyze contract notices, contract awards, and project completions. We point…

  3. ZEW expert brief No. 21-13 // 2021

    Magnitudes and Capital Key Divergence of the Eurosystem’s PSPP/PEPP Purchases – Update December 2021

    The ECB Council has to take a decision on the future of its asset purchase programmes as the monetary crisis support that was appropriate in the early phase of the pandemic needs to be adjusted to new…

  4. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2021

    Fourth Quarter 2021

    • Expectations Indicator Rises Sharply, Situation Indicator Almost Unchanged
    • Further Significant Recovery in the Office and Hotel Real Estate Segments
    • Significant Downturn in Assessments of the Situation in…
  5. Refereed Journal // 2021

    The Elasticity of Taxable Income: A Meta-Regression Analysis

    The elasticity of taxable income is a key parameter in tax policy analysis. To examine the large variation found in the literature of taxable and broad income elasticities, I conduct a comprehensive…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-095 // 2021

    An Iterative Deferred Acceptance Mechanism for Decentralized, Fast and Fair Childcare Assignment

    We design and implement an iterative, program-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism with ties (IDAT) and apply it to childcare assignment in two German cities. The mechanism can accommodate complementarities…