1. #ZEWPodcast // 2024

    #ZEWPodcast Joint, Venture, Capital – Cannabis und Ökonomie

    Seit 1. April 2024 ist für Konsumenten/-innen von Cannabis „Highlife“ in Deutschland angesagt, denn an dem Tag trat das Cannbisgesetz (CanG) in Kraft, und damit die Legalisierung. Allerdings ist der Konsum von…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-026 // 2024

    Left-Wing Butter vs. Right-Wing Guns – Government Ideology and Disaggregated Military Expenditure

    This article demonstrates that the influence of government ideology on military expenditures is more nuanced than it was shown in previous research and using only aggregated military expenditures may provide…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-025 // 2024

    Analysis of a Capacity-Based Redispatch Mechanism

    This paper discusses a capacity-based redispatch mechanism in which awarded market participants are compensated for their availability for redispatch, rather than activation. The rationale is to develop a market…

  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    Innovation strategies for non-existent markets - Profiting from urban air mobility

    Technological advances have paved the way for urban air mobility (UAM) as a new mode of transportation, providing solutions for both inner-city and regional transportation. Novel vertical take-off and landing…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    From diversity to sustainability: Environmental and social spillover effects of board gender quotas

    Exploiting the staggered implementation of board gender quotas in Europe, this study examines their effect on firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. I find that firms’ environmental and…

  6. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Health: The Role of Early Life Experiences

    This study explores the long-run effects of a temporary scarcity of a consumption good on preferences towards that good once the shock is over. Specifically,

    we focus on individuals who were children during…

  7. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    04/2024 – Unser Alumni-Netzwerk

    Das ZEW wäre nicht das ZEW ohne seine Alumni und Alumnae – und so widmen wir das ZEW Monthly im April unserem Alumni-Netzwerk und seinen über 600 Mitgliedern.