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    The effect of the low interest environment on household investment behavior

    The objective of the project is to analyze the effects of long enduring low interest rates on household investment behavior, setting a special focus on the stock market participation of German and US households. In particular, we address four questions within the project. Did the low interest rate environment induced more households to enter the stock market? How do low interest rates affect the...

    Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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    The Impact of Monetary Policy on Structural Reforms in the Euro Area

    The aim of this project is to estimate the impact of monetary policy on structural reforms in the euro area. We first identify exogenous ECB policy changes through an event study that extracts the unexpected variation in euro area interest rates on policy announcement days. We estimate then the effect of monetary policy shocks on the number of reforms and investigate whether the effect is stronger...

    Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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    The impact of the financial and economic crisis on the diversity of private households' financial portfolios

    The past 10 years since the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy have clearly shown that global economic and financial crises present major challenges not only to banks and businesses but also to private households, requiring them a high level of shock absorption capacity. Resilience of households also depends on the stability of their investment portfolios. Diversification is an important requirement for...

    Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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    Wealth policy instruments and wealth inequality

    Development of a dynamic framework to depict and compare the effects of wealth policy instruments in the short, medium, and long term. Among the examined instruments are a general wealth tax, a social inheritance, and a social dividend.

    Completed Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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    XPRESS

    The general objective of XPRESS project (full title: Support for Public Procurements to facilitate the collaboration between SMEs and public sector for the development and adoption in renewables in regions) is to facilitate the introduction of innovative Renewable Energy Supply (RES) technologies and increase the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption..DIW’s Berlin part ...

    Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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