We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At the first stage, we find that the ...
Die Bundesregierung will das Kartellrecht verschärfen und die Zerschlagung von Konzernen erleichtern. Der Wettbewerbsökonom Tomaso Duso hält das für eine gute Idee – zu wenig Wettbewerb sei eine Gefahr für die Demokratie. Das Interview mit DIW-Ökonom Tomaso Duso erschien am 30. Juni 2022 in der ZEIT. DIE ZEIT: Herr Duso, Wirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck will das Kartellrecht verschärfen, um Verbraucher ...
Der Beitrag erschien in der Fuldaer Zeitung. Martin Gornig sieht die Bauindustrie als Stützpfeiler der coronageplagten deutschen Wirtschaft. Ohne höhere Baukapazitäten rückten die Ampel-Ziele jedoch in weite Ferne. Die Bauwirtschaft in Deutschland hat der Krise auch im zweiten Corona-Jahr getrotzt, obwohl die Branche nicht ganz ohne Blessuren durch die Pandemie kommt. Liefereng-pässe, Materialmangel ...
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the impact of this program on the subjective survival probability. In particular, we investigate how the digitalization ...
The self-employed are among those facing the highest probability of strong income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments in many countries introduced support programs to support the self-employed, including the German federal government, which approved a €50bn emergency aid program at the end of March 2020 offering one-off lump-sum payments of up to €15,000 to those facing substantial revenue ...