We study a game in which two firms compete in quality to serve a market consisting of consumers with different initial consideration sets. If both firms invest below a certain threshold, they only compete for those consumers already aware of their existence. Above this threshold, a firm is visible to all and the highest investment attracts all consumers. On the one hand, the existence of initially ...
The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the German Center for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), the Leibniz Education Research Network (LERN), and the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) are delighted to invite you to the CIDER-LERN Conference 2021. The conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines to discuss findings as ...
Although there is strong support for renewable energy plants, they are often met with local resistance. We quantify the externalities of renewable energy plants using well-being data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently deployed technologies besides wind and solar. To this end, we combine longitudinal household data with novel panel data on more than 13, 000 installations ...
Der FamilienMonitor_Corona startet. Berücksichtigt werden aktuell Informationen bis zum 19. Januar 2021, also für die Zeit, bevor die Einschränkungen im Kita- und Schulbetrieb bis mindestens Mitte Februar verlängert wurden. Betrachtet man zunächst die Sorgen der Eltern um ihre Kinder, fällt auf, dass sich jedes zweite Elternteil große Sorgen um die Bildung der Kinder ...
