Warum werden Überschriften immer zugespitzter – und was macht das mit den Nutzern/-innen? Im ZEW-Podcast spricht Host Katrin Müller mit den Ökonominnen Dr. Raphaela Andres (ZEW) und Lara Marie Berger…
Rising political polarization generates significant negative externalities for democratic institutions and economic stability, yet scalable interventions to reduce polarization remain scarce. In this paper, I…
This paper examines (the absence of effective) pro-productivity policies in Germany. Peculiarities such as the German reunification, the strong export orientation, the still sizeable manufacturing sector as well…
Daten sind der Treibstoff der digitalen Wirtschaft – sie ermöglichen neue Geschäftsmodelle, treiben Innovationen voran und verändern Entscheidungsprozesse grundlegend. Doch wie lässt sich aus der Datenflut…
We examine the strategic considerations and effects of product placement services in digital content aggregators, focusing in particular on Spotify’s “Discovery Mode”. Discovery Mode introduces bias in users’…
Past studies have successfully shown that the level of anonymisation of scientific use files (SUF) is sufficiently high to protect against disclosure attacks that use data from traditional firm databases.…