Studie am DIW Berlin geht Frage nach, wie sich die Energiewende auf die Preise bestimmter Metalle auswirken könnte – Preise dürften in Szenario auf historische Niveaus klettern – Energiewende würde sich verteuern und verzögern - Global koordinierte Klimapolitik könnte gegensteuern und Planungssicherheit für Metallproduzenten schaffen Die Energiewende kann ...
Understanding the causes of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is key to maintaining the competitiveness of advanced economies and ensuring long-term economic prosperity. This paper is the first to provide evidence that investment in intangible capital, despite having a positive effect on productivity at the micro level, is a driver of the weak productivity performance at the aggregate level ...
We investigate how R&D spillovers propagate across firms linked through Research Joint Ventures (RJVs). Building on the framework developed by Bloom et al. (2013) which considers the opposing effects of knowledge spillovers and product market rivalry, we extend the model to account for RJV cooperation. Since the firm’s decision to join a RJV is endogenous, we build a model of RJV participation. The ...
We combine theory and evidence on incubator and accelerator programmes and their effects on urban economic development. These structured co-working programmes have grown rapidly. However, a rich descriptive literature reveals little about their impact on participants or surrounding urban areas. We situate programmes in a conceptual framework of co-location tools, theorise objectives and benefits and ...
Venture capital (VC) is often seen as an instrumental tool that allows many start-ups to pursue innovation with the potential to shake-up current markets and/or to replace incumbents. Using a highly granular, project-level dataset from preclinical diabetes R&D, this paper shows that VCs actively steer the direction of R&D and streamline activities of research focused firms (pipeline firms)...
The tremendous growth of digital transactions – mainly through online platforms - is profoundly affecting the way we interact and opening vast opportunities to improve our lives. Consumers are benefiting from an unprecedented proliferation of new services and products that previously were too costly to be developed and marketed to customers. At the same time, the characteristics of platform...
In der Diskussion über die Patente für Corona-Impfstoffe hat sich Angela Merkel gegen eine Freigabe ausgesprochen. Marcel Fratzscher hält das für einen der schwerwiegendsten Fehler ihrer Kanzlerschaft, der Deutschland und Europa geopolitisch weiter schwächt. Dieser Text erschien am 10. Mai 2021 als Gastbeitrag in der Welt. Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) lehnt die Initiative ...
Dieser Text erschien am 6.1.2021 als Gastbeitrag im SPIEGEL. Die EU hat bei der Planung der Impfkampagne einiges richtig gemacht – und einen entscheidenden, leider aber fast zwangsläufigen Fehler. Dessen Wurzeln liegen tief: in einer völlig verqueren öffentlichen Fehlerkultur. Die hochemotionale Debatte über die schleppende Verteilung von Impfstoffen richtet nachhaltigen Schaden ...