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• Events // 09.10.2025

  Sixth International ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE)

  l activity, its interdependencies with innovation, environmental sustainability and financial burdens, as well as its challenges for public policies and its implications for employment, income and economic [...] economic growth. We welcome theoretical, empirical and/or policy-oriented contributions on all areas of research on entrepreneurship. The conference topics will cover: Business dynamism [...] workplace quality in entrepreneurial firms Impact and efficiency of public entrepreneurship policies
• Publications // 04.12.2024

  Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings - Green Start-Ups

  New companies that lower the environmental damage associated with producing and consuming goods and services or that directly contribute to higher sustainability standards are crucial in the transition [...] transition to a more environmentally-friendly economy. Green start-ups are, however, confronted with multiple challenges including the triple externality problem. By investing in greener solutions and by adopting [...] their green start-ups, it also discusses implications for the public support of green start-ups and policy more generally.
• Publications // 04.12.2024

  Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings - An economic perspective on social entrepreneurship: Insights and policy implications

  development and implementation of innovative business models that address social and environmental challenges. This chapter discusses the economic returns of social entrepreneurship through knowledge [...] alongside their intrinsic characteristics, stress the need to develop and implement ecosystems and policy designs that account for social entrepreneurship’s direct and indirect effects.
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  Press Releases // 11.11.2024

  Unity After Trump Victory More Important than Ever

  election of Donald Trump, much is at stake. Dr. Oliver Schenker, deputy head of ZEW Mannheim’s “Environmental and Climate Economics” Research Unit, has commented on the matter: - “The COP29 in Baku is faced [...] agreement could be an important basis for affordable, efficient and cooperative international climate protection in the future.”
• Publications // 29.10.2024

  ZEW Monthly - 10/2024 – Transport

  core question is, how can we shape tomorrow’s mobility? The future of transport needs to be environmentally friendly and economically viable, while also meeting users’ needs.   Against [...] features three studies by our researchers. Anna Straubinger examines the public acceptance of transport policy measures. She also explores the potential of air taxis, which, while contributing little to sustainable
• Publications // 22.10.2024

  ZEW Discussion Paper - The Greener, the Better? Evidence From Government Contractors

  impact of this policy on firms remains unclear. Using US data, this paper provides the first empirical analysis of the causal effects of green contracts on corporate environmental and economic
• Publications // 27.09.2024

  ZEW Monthly - 09/2024 – Sustainable Financial Markets

  are needed. However, climate change and demands for greater environmental and social responsibility are presenting challenges to monetary policy. To pave the way for a sustainable future, businesses and
• Events // 15.05.2025

  13th Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment ZEW-Conference on Energy and Environmental Economics 2025 // MCEE 2025

  career levels are invited to present and discuss innovative current research in the fields of environmental, energy, and climate economics. The conference will cover a broad range of aspects concerning [...] relationship between energy use and supply, environment, economic well-being, and regulation and policy. Contributions with different methodological backgrounds (theoretical, empirical, and behavioural
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  Press Releases // 10.09.2024

  ZEW Economist Friedrich Heinemann on Draghi’s Report on European Competitiveness

  market-based instruments are largely absent, even though many environmental economists see this as the best way to achieve an affordable climate policy that preserves competitiveness. Furthermore, the report [...] fiscal policy. Unfortunately, the call to set priorities for European public goods in the EU budget is far too vague. A bolder report might have demanded cuts in the Common Agricultural Policy, but this [...] competition is very pessimistic, which helps to shake the complacency that sometimes dominates economic policy debates in Brussels. This is commendable. However, beside its strong and compelling messages, the
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  Press Releases // 30.08.2024

  In Favour of Financial Support and a Speed Limit

  transport policies. The more the respondents personally benefited from climate-friendly transport policies, e.g. through subsidies, the higher the approval level for these policies. - “Climate policy proposals [...] in ZEW’s “Environmental and Climate Economics” Unit and co-author of the study. “Therefore, compensation schemes such as ‘climate money’ could assist in the implementation of unpopular policies.”