1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-044 // 2025

    Congestion Management Games in Electricity Markets

    This paper proposes a game-theoretic model to analyze the strategic behavior of inc-dec gaming in market-based congestion management (redispatch). We extend existing models by considering incomplete information…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-042 // 2025

    Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America: The Multiple Facets of Social Status and the Role of Mothers

    We assess intergenerational mobility in terms of education and income rank in five Latin American countries—Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama—by accounting for the education and occupation of both…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2025

    Big Data and Firm-Level Productivity – A Cross-Country Comparison

    Until today, the question of how digitalisation and, in particular, individual digital technologies affect productivity is still the subject of controversial debate. Using administrative firm-level data provided…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2025

    Public Support and VC Financing in Academic Startups

    Research Summary

    We investigate public support and venture capital (VC) investment in academic startups. Government support may enable follow-on investment by providing a quality signal to investors. This…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2025

    Support for Renewable Energy: The Case of Wind Power

    The rise of societal goals like climate change mitigation and energy security calls for rapid capacity growth in renewable electricity sources, yet citizens’ support is put to a test when such technologies emit…

  6. Expertises // 2025

    Digital Transformation and the Changing World of Work (DiWaBe 2.0): A Data Source for Research on Artificial Intelligence and Other Technologies in the Workplace

    In Germany, more than half of employees are already using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, although the majority do so informally. This suggests that employees perceive AI applications as…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-039 // 2025

    Auctions vs. Negotiations: The Role of Communication in an Experiment With Procurement Managers

    We investigate how buyer-supplier communication affects procurement prices, comparing auctions without direct communication to negotiations allowing it. In controlled experiments involving students and…

  8. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2025

    August 2025

    • Erwartungen trüben sich nach angekündigtem EU-US-Handelsabkommen ein
    • Eurozone: Spürbarer Rückgang der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • USA: Zinssenkungserwartungen verstärken sich
    • China: Konjunkturlage normalisiert sich
    • Erwart…
  9. ZEW policy brief No. 25-08 // 2025

    The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership

    China’s patenting activity has surged over the past two decades, yet questions remain about the quality and sources of innovation. We develop a new method to measure the importance of a patent for innovation,…

  10. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2025

    2. Quartal 2025

    • Getrübte Stimmung in der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen planen keine Abkehr vom Homeoffice
  11. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-041 // 2025

    Biodiversity Engel Curves: Estimating How Income and Inequality Shape Consumption- Driven Biodiversity Loss

    We examine the relationship between household incomes and the biodiversity footprints of consumption in the United States from 1996 to 2022. Combining detailed household expenditure surveys…