Der Immobilienmarkt in Deutschland hat sich wieder stabilisiert. Es entweicht noch Luft aus der nun seit einem Jahrzehnt währenden spekulativen Preisblase. Die Immobilienpreise sind im Laufe des Jahres 2024 in allen Segmenten und den meisten Regionen weiter gefallen: In über 150 Städten waren Baugrundstücke, Eigenheime und Eigentumswohnungen im laufenden Jahr im Durchschnitt um nominal fünf Prozent ...
This paper analyses the pass-through rates and their determinants of the temporary German fuel discount in 2022 at its start and its termination. Based on a unique dataset of fuel station characteristics and prices, we employ a Regression Discontinuity in Time (RDiT) methodology to estimate heterogeneous pass-through rates. Our main contribution is to identify the impact of horizontal and vertical ...
Rent control is a highly debated social policy that has been omnipresent since World War I. Since the 2010s, it is experiencing a true renaissance, for many cities and countries facing chronic housing shortages are desperately looking for solutions, directing their attention to controling housing rents and other restrictive policies. Is rent control useful or does it create more damage than utility? ...
Mehrzahl deutscher Unternehmen importiert Güter der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie aus einigen wenigen Bezugsländern – Politik strebt eine Verringerung von Abhängigkeiten an – Empirische Analysen zeigen, dass stärkere Diversifizierung nicht zulasten der Unternehmen geht Wenn deutsche Unternehmen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) aus vielen verschiedenen Ländern beziehen, ...
The acquisitions of startups by Google, Amazon, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft have steadily increased over the past years and have become more diversified. The current discussion about strategic motives for such acquisitions is vivid – especially in light of present concerns about the market power of gatekeepers, faster technological advances and digitalization. The principal question remains whether...
International trade separates the location where emissions occur (production) and where they are ultimately consumed. Thus, a substantial share of emissions is embodied in international trade. Moreover, firms within narrowly defined industries differ in their emission intensity. However, most firm-level studies only consider the direct emissions released during the production process. In this...
Leibniz ScienceCampusBerlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) Research Day At this BCCP Research Day (formerly known as BCCP Forum), Fellows will give short pitches of their current research. Since we also want to have enough time for discussions and networking, we plan long coffee breaks between the presentation sessions as well as get-together afterwards. The event will bring together all...