Social media usage by children and young people is an increasingly controversial topic. The focus is on risks, opportunities, and possible regulations. Politicians from all relevant parties are now open to a social media ban up to a certain age; the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs has set up a commission of experts. Based on a short survey in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), conducted in September ...
Die Spritpreise sind hierzulande doppelt so stark gestiegen wie im EU-Schnitt. Woran das liegt, ob illegale Deals eine Rolle spielen, warum ein Tankrabatt wenig bringt. Bei den steigenden Preisen an den Tankstellen müssten Wettbewerbshüter jetzt genau hinschauen, meint Tomaso Duso. Der Chef der Monopolkommission erklärt, wie die Politik den Markt besser regulieren könnte. Der Krieg zwischen Israel ...
In this paper, we combine Census data with death records to examine the relationship between income inequality and race-specific mortality across 5,565 municipalities in Brazil. We find that overall income inequality is strongly associated with Non-White mortality but not with White mortality. To understand this disparity, we decompose the Gini coefficient and find that the racial income gap accounts ...
Competition authorities increasingly rely on economic screening tools to identify markets where firms deviate from competitive norms. Traditional screening methods assume that collusion occurs through secret agreements. However, recent research highlights that firms can use public announcements to coordinate decisions, thereby reducing competition while avoiding detection.We propose a novel approach ...
In this article, we argue for a stronger convergence of economic and political science disciplines as a precondition to foster global climate cooperation. While classical economists emphasize the importance of incentives and fees as drivers for international cooperation, as well as free riding avoidance and reciprocity of contributions as principles thereof, political scientists are rather concerned ...
Heute spricht 'fossilfrei' Host Wolf-Peter Schill mit Brigitte Knopf, Gründerin von Zukunft KlimaSozial, über die kürzlich vorgelegten Eckpunkte zum Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz (formerly known as Gebäudeenergiegesetz) und die vermeintliche neue Freiheit im Heizkeller. Müssen Eigenheimbesitzer*innen vor falschen Heizungs-Entscheidungen geschützt werden – und droht für Mietende eine Kostenfalle? Brigitte ...
