1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 25-11 // 2025

    Catalysts for Change: Can Green Bonds Accelerate Europe’s Transition to a Green Economy?

    Nearly two decades of green bond issues have ignited various research questions and fields surrounding the topic. It is therefore time to take stock. Green bonds were launched with the goal of greening the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-051 // 2025

    Televised Inflation: Measuring TV News Coverage and Its Effect on Household Expectations

    This paper introduces a novel TV news index specifically designed to track coverage of rising inflation across major US TV channels: ABC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News. The index is generated daily and aggregated into…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2025

    Analyzing Constellations of Multiple Competition in Science and Higher Education

    Increasing competition in science and higher education has sparked contentious debate and scholarly attention in recent years. Despite their significant merits, prevailing accounts of competition fall short of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-052 // 2025

    The State of European Entrepreneurship: Trends in Quantity and Quality in France, Germany, and the UK (2009–2023)

    This paper replicates and extends the framework of Guzman and Stern (2020) to examine the evolution of entrepreneurial activity in Europe, focusing on France, Germany, and the United Kingdom between 2009 and…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-050 // 2025

    Regulatory Capacity in a Game of Asymmetric Regulation

    In a model of asymmetric regulation, a firm can comply with two regulatory targets, and a regulator can audit the firm for compliance. Inspection by the regulator is imperfect, and it assesses the firm’s…

  6. ZEW Monthly // 2025

    09/2025 – Zukunftsfähigkeit

    Wie sieht unser Gesundheitssystem der Zukunft aus? Wie gestaltet man sinnvolle Innovationspolitik? Und wie können wir nachhaltige Energieversorgung sicherstellen, wenn sich die wirtschaftlichen und…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-048 // 2025

    Visibly Fair Mechanisms

    Priority-based allocation often requires eliminating justified envy, making serial dictatorship (SD) the only non-wasteful direct mechanism with that property. However, SD’s outcomes can conflict with the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 25-047 // 2025

    Rising Energy Prices Without Falling Consumption? The Role of Energy Price Dispersion in a Multi-Product World

    Governments around the world are under pressure to reduce industrial energy use and emissions without losing out to international competition. For this reason, climate policies often come with exemptions or…