Projects of the Research Unit Market Design

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.10.2023 – 30.10.2026

    Kopernikus project "Industrial processes": Synchronized and energy-adaptive production technology for flexible alignment of industrial processes to a fluctuating energy supply (SynErgie 3)

    The Kopernikus project SynErgie addresses the challenge of harmonizing the generation with the consumption of electricity in a future with a high proportion of wind and solar power. The focus is on the design of a…

  2. Project // 01.06.2023 – 30.11.2024

    Tapping into People’s Impatience for Better Environmental Subsidies

    This project is concerned with the efficient allocation of subsidies for eco-friendly products. Examples include subsidies for cargo or e-bikes, electric cars, and energy efficient building retrofits. Conceptually…

  3. Project // 01.08.2022 – 31.07.2025

    Green financial intermediation – from demand to impact

    Achieving the Paris agreement goals to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels and contributing to the UN Sustainability Goals will require massive public and …

  4. Project // 01.01.2022 – 01.12.2024

    Strategic Bidding and Gaming

    This project supports the implementation of scientific studies on market-based redispatch within the framework of a research project. For this purpose, together with partners of the project consortium, the risk…

  5. Project // 01.06.2019 – 31.03.2025

    Improving School Admissions for Diversity and Better Learning Outcomes

    The policy question analyzed in this project is how the incentives of public decision-makers may impede the implementation of admissions rules that are both fair and efficient, reduce social segregation and…

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 09.03. – 23.06.2023

    Energy market design of the future – Design of a competition-driven capacity market model

    In this project, a report on the topic of "Future energy market design - design of a competition-driven capacity market model" is being prepared.

    The starting point of the report is a capacity market model in…

  2. Project // 18.09. – 31.12.2022

    Planning and establishment of the ZEW hub for field experiments

    In this project, a research infrastructure is being developed and tested to expand and scale the use of field experiments at the ZEW. Through this hub for field experiments, the ZEW aims to establish itself as…

  3. Project // 01.12.2021 – 31.05.2023

    KitaMatch – Software for fast, fair and transparent allocation of daycare places

    With the goal of a fairer and faster allocation of daycare places, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research has developed KitaMatch since 2017, a procedure that enables a transparent, fair and fast…

  4. Project // 15.06.2021 – 15.04.2022

    Analysis of the balancing energy market

    Within the project, reports will be prepared to address the design of balancing energy markets in Germany within the frame of the scheduled European designs.