1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-025 // 2025

    Hospital Competition, Service Provision and Quality – Evidence From Maternity Units

    Maternity unit closures are increasingly common in areas with low birth rates, resulting in diminished competition between units. We examine how competition affects the quality and amenities of the remaining…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-024 // 2025

    Local Policy Misperceptions and Investment: Experimental Evidence From Firm Decision Makers

    We study firm responses to local policies through a survey experiment, providing randomized information on the competitiveness of business tax rates and highway access in their headquarters’ municipality. Firms…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-023 // 2025

    Sorting, Status, and Shadow Education: How Track Placement Shapes Parental Investment

    Educational tracking—separating students into tracks or schools by ability — is commonplace, but access and preferences for top programs often depend on socioeconomic status (SES), reinforcing inequality. We…

  4. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2025

    1. Quartal 2025

    • Langzeittief in der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen versichern sich gegen Cyberattacken
  5. Beiträge in Sammel- und Tagungsbänden // 2025

    Commuting: The rise of urban air mobility?

    Transport is at the core of current debates around decarbonization. In light of the stringent climate targets, the sector must significantly reduce emissions via more efficient vehicles, different energy…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-022 // 2025

    The Long-Run Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers: The Case of Bolsa Familia in Brazil

    Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have become a key antipoverty policy in Latin America in the last 25 years. The ultimate goal of this kind of programs is to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty…

  7. ZEW Monthly // 2025

    04/2025 – Digitalisierte Arbeitswelt

    Die digitale Transformation eröffnet neue Wege, wie wir arbeiten, zusammenwirken und gestalten – ob im Homeoffice, durch KI-gestützte Prozesse oder in virtuellen Teams. Dies bietet Chancen für mehr Flexibilität…

  8. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2025

    Self-interest and support for climate-related transport policy measures in Germany and Sweden

    Based on survey data among citizens from Germany and Sweden, this paper examines the individual support for climate-related passenger transport policy measures. Our descriptive statistics reveal that pull policy…

  9. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2025

    Patentability Requirements and the Direction of Innovation

    We model a duopolistic game where firms first choose the direction of their innovation, then invest in the chosen direction, and finally, compete in the product market. Investments occur either in overlapping or…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-019 // 2025

    The WebAI Paradigm of Innovation Research: Extracting Insight From Organizational Web Data Through AI

    This paper introduces the WebAI paradigm as a promising approach for innovation studies, business analytics, and informed policymaking. By leveraging artificial intelligence to systematically analyze…