Dieser Text erschien am 22.2.21 als Gastbeitrag im Handelsblatt. In der Coronakrise stützt der Staat die Wirtschaft mit Milliardenbeträgen. Doch die Politik muss nun langsam eine Entzugsstrategie entwerfen, fordert Marcel Fratzscher. Kaum ein Staat der Welt hat in dieser Corona-Pandemie größere Wirtschaftshilfen bereitgestellt als Deutschland. Bald könnten Bund und Länder ...
Der Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio "Rationalität und Wettbewerb" (SFB TRR 190) verbindet Forschungsprogramme verhaltenswissenschaftlicher und neoklassischer Ökonom*innen, um angewandte wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fragestellungen von hoher politischer Relevanz zu untersuchen. Der Forschungsschwerpunkt liegt auf dem wirtschaftlichen Verhalten und der Leistung von Individuen und Unternehmen: Wie...
The Collaborative Research Center Transregio “Rationality and Competition” combines the research programs of behavioral and neoclassical economists to study applied economic questions that are of high policy relevance. The focus CRC TRR 190 is on the economic behavior and performance of individuals and firms: How do systematic biases in expectations, decision processes, and preferences affect the...
Adding to the rich literature on the economic integration of refugees, this article extends the scope towards the role of institutions by focusing on the transfer of human capital by means of credential recognition. The 2012 Federal Act of Recognition in Germany is a new institution that provides the possibility to study the transfer of human capital in depth. I argue that analysing the decision for ...
We study the impact of broadband availability on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) using German firm-level data between 2010 and 2015. We adopt a control function approach to causally identify and separately estimate productivity for 46 two-digit manufacturing and service sectors. Over the sample period, broadband availability, measured by 16 Mbps transmission rates, more than doubled in German ...
In Germany, the productivity of professional services, a sector dominated by micro and small firms, declined by 40 percent between 1995 and 2014. This productivity decline also holds true for professional services in other European countries. Using a German firm-level dataset of 700,000 observations between 2003 and 2017, we analyze this largely uncovered phenomenon among professional services, the ...
After arriving in a new country, refugees are most often dependent on professional support to reestablish their livelihood. It is however well documented that refugees face barriers when seeking access to services aimed at facilitating their settlement and integration. This study examines refugees’ support service needs and their actual utilization and investigates the impact of social and human capital ...
