Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2024

    1. Quartal 2024

    • Optimismus in der Informationswirtschaft
    • DSGVO: Kritische Sicht der Unternehmen ändert sich im Zeitverlauf kaum
  2. ZEW policy brief No. 24-06 // 2024

    Using Market Design to Improve Red Teaming of Generative AI Models

    With the final approval of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), it is now clear that general-purpose AI (GPAI) models with systemic risk will need to undergo adversarial testing. This provision is a…

  3. Non-Refereed Journal // 2024

    Transformative F&I-Politik am Beispiel neuer Technologien in der Landwirtschaft und sozialer Innovationen

    The transformation of economy and society requires far-reaching technological and social innovations. To utilise the economic opportunities of transformation and to mitigate the negative effects of structural…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2024

    To Diversify or Not? The Link Between Global Sourcing of ICT Goods and Firm Performance

    We analyze variation in firm performance as a function of the international diversification of ICT imports by firms. Drawing on administrative data from 2010 and 2014 on nearly 4000 German manufacturing firms,…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-075 // 2023

    In Vi(vi)no Veritas? Expertise, Review Accuracy and Reputation Inflation

    Review systems including quantitative measures as well as text-based expression of experiences are omnipresent in today’s digital platform economy. This paper studies the existence of reputation inflation, i.e.…