Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Fostering Participation in Digital contact Tracing

    Digital contact tracing is a promising digital public health intervention to manage epidemics. However, in order to reach its full potential, the technology has to be widely adopted and used. During the…

  2. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2021

    4. Quartal 2021

    • Gutes Geschäftsklima zum Jahresbeginn
    • Unternehmen halten nach der Pandemie an hybriden Arbeitsmodellen fest
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-106 // 2021

    Political Ignorance and the Internet

    We examine the link between Internet usage and political ignorance. We construct a novel Index as a direct measure of individuals’ indifference with respect to political issues which determines the degree of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-105 // 2021

    Climate Protection Potentials of Digitalized Production Processes: Microeconometric Evidence?

    Although information and communication technologies (ICT) consume energy themselves, they are considered to have the potential to reduce overall energy intensity within economic sectors. While previous empirical…