Publications of the Research Unit Market Design

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-002 // 2021

    Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

    This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. They combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Products liability, consumer misperceptions, and the allocation of consumers to firms

    This article shows that insulating market outcomes from consumers' misperceptions about product risk by compensating them fully for harm is not necessarily socially optimal. When firms offer products with…