Die Erkenntnisse der DIW-Wissenschaftler*innen sollen nicht nur in Fachkreisen oder elitären politischen Zirkel diskutiert werden, nicht in Bibliotheken verstauben oder gar in Schubladen verschwinden. Erklärtes Ziel ist es seit jeher, die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse mit möglichst vielen Menschen zu teilen und allgemein zugänglich zu machen. Deshalb setzt das Institut auf Wissenstransfer mit möglichst vielen ...
Renewable energy installations are rapidly gaining market share due to falling technology costs and supportive policies. Meanwhile, the energy price crisis in 2022 shifted the energy policy debate toward the question of how consumers can better benefit from the low and stable generation costs of renewable electricity. Long-term contracts for renewable energy to link producers and consumers are an option ...
European climate policy was traditionally pursued in the expectation of global policy convergence, ensuring equal opportunities for domestic and foreign firms in achieving climate neutrality. However, increasing geopolitical fragmentation has disrupted this expectation. Across the globe, national strategies increasingly favor economic policies that benefit domestic industries and coercive economic ...
We examine the additivity of expectations over different time intervals. For example, when asked about 10-year stock price growth, survey respondents report an expected change that is not equal to, but closer to zero than, the sum of their expectations over two shorter time intervals that cover the same 10 years. Such subadditivity, which we also find in expectations for other economic variables, is ...
