Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Optimal Top Marginal Tax Rates: The Case of Germany

Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen einer klugen Energiewende

Comparison of Methods for Constructing Joint Confidence Bands for Impulse Response Functions

In vector autoregressive analysis confidence intervals for individual impulse responses are typically reported to indicate the sampling uncertainty in the estimation results. A range of methods are reviewed and a new proposal is made for constructing joint confidence bands, given a prespecified coverage level, for the impulse responses at all horizons considered simultaneously. The methods are...

Media Biases in Times of Conflict: A Conflict Event Data Collection in Syria

Bestimmungsfaktoren geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschiede in der Alterssicherung von aktuellen und zukünftigen Rentnergenerationen

Emission Reductions in the Cement Sector: Progress to Date and Implications for Policy

Die wechselseitige Abhängigkeit von Wirtschafts- und Sozialordnung aus ökonomischer Sicht

Wealth Distribution within Couples and Financial Decision Making

While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).In married and cohabiting couples, men have, on average, 33,000 Euro more net worth than women. We look at five different sets of factors ...

Bargaining Power and Preference Reconciliation in Couples

Transmission Investment and Cost-Sharing: A Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Application to the Nordic Market

Energiewende: How About Europe?: Impulse Statements and Panel Discussion

The Role of Hedging in Carbon Markets

Financial Transmission Rights: Theory and Policy

Power System Transformation towards Renewables: Effects on Optimal Network Expansion

Financial Transmission Rights - Theory and Policy: Book Editors' Presentation

Capacity Mechanisms on the Central European Electricity Market: Effects on Prices, Profits, and Welfare

Matching Political and Violent Actions: A Documentation Initiative of the Syrian Conflict

Conflict and Labor Markets in Afghanistan

Understanding the Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers: An Experimental Approach

Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy