Die Abteilung kurz vorgestellt Forschung Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) Politikberatung Wissenstransfer Videos Interviews Infografiken Kooperationen und Netzwerke Research Affiliates & Fellows Netzwerke Die Abteilung Klimapolitik analysiert den regulatorischen Rahmen für den Übergang zu einer klimafreundlichen Volkswirtschaft. Wie können dazu CO2 Bepreisung, ...
Izabela Wnuk-Soares, Research Associate in the Public Economics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays on Immigration, Population Aging, and Labor Markets” with summa cum laude on July 15, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Peter Haan and Jan Stuhler. Congratulations!
Mental health and wellbeing are unequally distributed in high-income countries, disadvan- taging low-income individuals. Unconditional, regular, guaranteed, and individual cash transfers may help address this inequality by promoting financial security and agency. We conducted a preregistered RCT in Germany, where treated participants received monthly payments of EUR 1,200 for three years. Cash transfers ...
[English subtitles, German language video] Climate neutrality is possible and necessary—scientists, politicians, and society agree on this. But implementation is stalling. Why? Karsten Neuhoff, Head of the Climate Policy Department at DIW Berlin, explains in the video: There is a lack of the right policy instruments to make climate-friendly investments attractive. The team analyzes international...
This paper provides empirical evidence on which M&A deals spur innovation, and which stifle it. To do so, we consider not only the product market position of the acquiring firm, but also the position of both target and acquirer in the technology space. Focusing on the antidiabetic drugs market, our dataset tracks the lifecycle and patenting of all individual antidiabetic projects in development between ...
While Equity Crowdfunding (ECF) platforms are a virtual space for raising funds, geography remains relevant. To determine how location matters for entrepreneurs using equity crowdfunding (ECF), we analyze the spatial distribution of successful ECF campaigns and the spatial relationship between ECF campaigns and traditional investors, such as banks and venture capitalists (VCs). Using data from the ...
Different methods of eliciting long-run expectations yield data that predict economic choices differently well. We ask members of a wide population sample to make a 10-year investment decision and to forecast stock market returns in one of two formats: they either predict the average of annual growth rates over the next 10 years, or they predict the total, cumulative growth that occurs over the 10-year ...
