1. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    02/2024 – Innovation

    In a time of groundbreaking changes and technological revolutions, it is of great importance for Germany to remain innovative and establish future-oriented business models. A key question is whether Germany can…

  2. ZEW expert brief No. 24-01 // 2024

    Rechtspopulismus und Standortattraktivität

    Beeinflusst zunehmender Rechtspopulismus die Attraktivität von Wirtschaftsstandorten? Um dieser Frage nachzugeben, wird zum einen ein Überblick über die dazu bestehende Fachliteratur gegeben. Zum anderen werden…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Mandatory Financial Information Disclosure and Credit Ratings

    When firms are forced to publicly disclose financial information, credit rating agencies are generally expected to improve their risk assessments. Theory predicts such an information quality effect but also…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-008 // 2024

    Die fiskalische Wirkung von Steuersatzsenkungen, Abschreibungsvergünstigungen und Investitionsprämien in Krisenzeiten – Eine quantitative Analyse in Bezug auf deutsche Kapitalgesellschaften

    Wir zeigen, wie sich die fiskalischen Wirkungen einer Steuersatzsenkung, Abschreibungsvergünstigung und Investitionsprämie über einen Zeitraum, der durch eine Ergebniskrise geprägt ist, voneinander…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-007 // 2024

    Subsidising Innovation Outside or Within Firms’ Existing Knowledge Base: Which Is Best for Radical Innovation?

    Public financial support for firm-level Research and Innovation (R&I) can generate important socio-economic returns. This is especially true if firms use this support to develop radical innovation, defined as…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-006 // 2024

    Wage Inequality Consequences of Expanding Public Childcare

    This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…

  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Februar 2024

    • Pessimistischere Lageeinschätzung relativiert gestiegene Konjunkturerwartungen
    • Eurozone: Deutliche gestiegene Erwartung baldiger Zinssenkungen
    • USA: Einschätzung der konjunkturellen Lage steigt an
    • China:…
  8. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    01/2024 – Digitalisation

    At the latest with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the significance and scope of artificial intelligence (AI) became evident to the general public. In December, following intensive trialogue…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-005 // 2024

    De-routinization in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Firm-Level Evidence

    This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-004 // 2024

    Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

    We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215…

  11. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-003 // 2024

    Do Judicial Assignments Matter? Evidence From Random Case Allocation

    Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection…

  12. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-002 // 2024

    Productivity, Markups, and Reallocation: Evidence From French Manufacturing Firms From 1994 to 2016

    This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate…