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Why the War in Ukraine Warrants a Rethink of the EU Carbon Border Tax

Too Good to Be True? Time-inconsistent Renewable Energy Policies

The transition to low-carbon economies requires massive investments into renewable energies, which are commonly supported through regulatory frameworks. Yet, governments can have incentives – and the ability – to deviate from previously announced support policies once those investments have been made, which can deter investments. We analyze a renewable energy dynamic regulation game and derive under ...

SLOW - Survey Lifecycle Operators Workshop

Der SLOW 2022 wird gemeinschaftlich ausgerichtet von SOEP (DIW) und SHARE (SHARE Berlin Institute/MEA). SLOW richtet sich an alle die am Produktionsprozess sozialwissenschaftlicher Befragungen beteiligt sind und sich mit ihrer operativen Umsetzung beschäftigen. Thematisch können/wollen wir alles diskutieren, was dabei – fancy: im Survey Lifecycle – an Themen aufkommt, bspw....

Mehrwertsteuer-Senkung ist keine zielgenaue Entlastung, direkte Transferzahlungen wären besser

Die Bundesregierung will die Mehrwertsteuer auf Erdgas befristet auf sieben Prozent von 19 Prozent senken. Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), kommentiert dies wie folgt:

A Lasting Crisis Affects R&D Decisions of Smaller Firms: The Greek Experience

We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At the first stage, we find that the ...

Changes in Working Hours Are Driving Earnings Inequality

According to Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, inequality in gross monthly earnings in Germany increased significantly between 1993 and 2003 and has been stagnating at a high level since 2008. As this Weekly Report shows, the increase is not being driven by higher hourly wage inequality, but rather by working hours: In recent years, employees with a high hourly wage work more than previously compared ...

The Impact of Public Procurement on Financial Barriers to Green Innovation: Evidence from European Community Innovation Survey

The purpose of this study is to identify whether an innovative company’s likelihood of facing financial constraints is different when the company possesses a public procurement contract (PP). Theory suggests that the treatment effects of public procurement, particularly when mediated by the demand-pull effect, may lower a company’s funding constraints for innovation. We test this theory and apply extended ...

Entwicklung der Arbeitszeiten treibt die Ungleichheit der Erwerbseinkommen

Studie untersucht, worauf steigende Ungleichheit der Erwerbseinkommen zurückgeht – Verschiebungen bei der Arbeitszeit und Diskrepanz zwischen gewünschtem und tatsächlichem Erwerbsumfang sind Treiber – Flexiblere Arbeitszeiten und bessere Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf nötig Die monatlichen Bruttoerwerbseinkommen der Beschäftigten in Deutschland waren im Jahr ...

The 16th Berlin IO Day

The Berlin IO Day is a one-day workshop sponsored by the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) and supported by the Berlin's leading academic institutions, including DIW Berlin, ESMT Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. The aim is to create an international forum for high quality research in Industrial Organization in the heart...

Geflüchteten Leistungen kürzen: der Schaden wäre enorm