This RCT examines the effect of a new style finance training during which participants are given personalized feedback on their financial business outcomes in addition to a “rules-of-thumb” training approach. We compare this to the effects of a “rules-of-thumb” training by itself and to a control group. Targeting about 500 small and micro entrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda, we find that the personalized ...
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
The project examines the transmission channels between public investment and private investment activity in Germany, estimating the aggregate relationship with econometric models, focusing on the specific effects of individual investment categories (e.g., R & D investment) and areas of responsibility (e.g., Defense, Education, Environment). In view of possible barriers to investment, another...
The project "German Economic Team Uzbekistan" ("GET Uzbekistan") supports the Uzbek government in stabilizing economic development and shaping the necessary economic reform processes. GET Uzbekistan is part of the regional project "High Level Government Advice on behalf of the BMWi", which also includes Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia.As a subcontractor of the BE Berlin Economics, DIW...
Das Projekt „German Economic Team Usbekistan“ (“GET Usbekistan”) unterstützt die usbekische Regierung bei der Stabilisierung der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung und der Gestaltung der notwendigen wirtschaftlichen Reformprozesse. GET Usbekistan ist ein Teil des regionalen Projekts „Hochrangige Regierungsberatung im Auftrag des BMWi“, welches auch die Ukraine,...
The scientific report summarizes the state of the literature on the subject of short-term Brexit consequences and carries out quantitative simulations of the economic effects of a hard Brexit on the German economy using suitable macro-econometric methods.
Die Expertise fasst den Stand der Literatur zum Thema der kurzfristigen Brexitfolgen zusammen und führt mithilfe geeigneter makroökonometrischer Methoden quantitative Simulationen zu den konjunkturellen Effekten eines harten Brexit auf die deutsche Konjunktur durch.
