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Research Project
Members of the Macroeconomics Department are part of the European Parliament's Monetary Policy Experts Panel. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the ECB is accountable to the European Parliament. Quarterly meetings between the President of the ECB and the European Parliament's ECON Committee are known as the Monetary Dialogue.
As part of this dialogue, we provide...
Current Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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Research Project
The aim of the study is to provide a comprehensive yet consistent and differentiated presentation of the production of construction services by the construction industry and other economic sectors and the demand for construction services in the form of investments and maintenance measures. On the demand side, the volume of new building construction is also quantified for the areas of residential...
Current Project| Firms and Markets, Macroeconomics
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Research Project
The objective of HouseInc is to analyse interlinked dimensions of housing inequalities in the context of marginalized communities. HouseInc will empirically examine economic, social, and ecological drivers and assess impacts of various indicators on housing inequality to derive policy recommendations that foster the adoption of effective measures addressing housing inequality across Europe....
Current Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
The EU Tax Observatory is an independent research laboratory hosted at the Paris School of Economics and DIW is the national cooperation partner. It conducts innovative research on taxation, contributes to a democratic and inclusive debate on the future of taxation, and fosters a dialogue between the scientific community, civil society, and policymakers in the European Union and worldwide.
Current Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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Research Project
After being commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Finance, researchers at DIW Berlin and the ifo Institute prepare short-term expert reports and analyses on national, European and international financial, tax and fiscal policy issues.
Current Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
Political measures at the level of the European Union are intended, among other things, to ensure the stability of the economic and monetary union. This includes, for example, the establishment of the European Recovery Fund, which can be a first step towards a fiscal union in the Eurozone. The project examines how these, and other economic policy measures affect inequality between households. The...
Current Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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Research Project
Political measures at the level of the European Union are intended, among other things, to ensure the stability of the economic and monetary union. This includes, for example, the establishment of the European Recovery Fund, which can be a first step towards a fiscal union in the Eurozone. The project examines how these, and other economic policy measures affect inequality between households. The...
Current Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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Research Project
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 does a low interest rate...
Current Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
This project raises the question of how rental housing market and land-use regulations affect the build-up of the speculative house price bubbles that often lead to financial system instability and deep recessions. The study focuses on the OECD countries. Specifically, the project examines the impact of the rent control, protection of tenants from eviction, housing rationing, and land-use...
Current Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
This project assesses the sustainability of the German economy by recognizing that environmental degradation is not limited to carbon emissions or confined by national borders. It complements existing sustainability indicators by combining environmentally-extended input-output (EE-IO) tables with national-level sustainability thresholds based on the planetary boundary framework introduced by...
Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment, Macroeconomics
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Research Project
Members of the Macroeconomics Department are part of the European Parliament's Monetary Policy Experts Panel. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the ECB is accountable to the European Parliament. Quarterly meetings between the President of the ECB and the European Parliament's ECON Committee are known as the Monetary Dialogue.
As part of this dialogue, we provide...
Completed Project| Macroeconomics, Forecasting and Economic Policy
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Research Project
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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Research Project
Noticing the adoption of unconventional measures of monetary policy in major currency areas on the one hand and continuing globalisation and integration of international financial markets on the other hand, we analyse the linkages between monetary policy and asset prices. Apart from excess asset valuation, we consider second order dynamics (uncertainties, tail risks) as specific threats to...
Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
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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Research Project
European regulators and policy makers face the challenge to create stable and resilient capital market structures. After initiating the Banking Union, the goal is to also achieve deeper and better integrated capital markets in the realm of a European Capital Markets Union. Using both macroeconomic and more granular data, in this project we will analyze barriers to capital market integration,...
Completed Project| Macroeconomics
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Research Project
The aim of this project is to use innovative approaches and heterogeneous data sources to advance research on forecasting economic development, predicting turning points and determining economic cycles. The first work package provides a comprehensive overview in the field of automated text analysis, the use of media data in the economic forecast and the methods of forecast evaluation, as well as...
Completed Project| Forecasting and Economic Policy, Macroeconomics
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Research Project
Conceptual and technical preparation and execution of workshops on current topics in close coordination with thematically responsible staff of the BMF (up to 6 workshops per year)
Completed Project| Forecasting and Economic Policy, Macroeconomics
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Research Project
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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Research Project
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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Research Project
The question of what banking sector diversity actually means and what it impliesfor the funding of small and medium sized firms (SMEs) and for banking sectorstability is still open, and this is particularly relevant since the financial crisis hashit the European countries. In fact, the crisis raised doubts if previous researchthat finds comparative advantages for more concentrated banking sectors...
Completed Project| Macroeconomics