Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2022

    3. Quartal 2022

    • Verschlechterte Geschäftslage in Unternehmen der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen vergeben Arbeitsaufträge über Online-Plattformen
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-059 // 2022

    What Drives the Relationship Between Digitalization and Industrial Energy Demand? Exploring Firm-Level Heterogeneity

    The ongoing digital transformation has raised hopes for ICT-based climate protection within manufacturing industries, such as dematerialized products and energy efficiency gains. However, ICT also consume energy…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-045 // 2022

    German Financial State Aid During COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact Among Digitalized Self-Employed

    In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on…

  4. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2022

    2. Quartal 2022

    • Konjunkturelles Klima weitestgehend stabil
    • Unternehmenskooperationen weit verbreitet