The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts from different countries and different disciplines (economics, history, law, sociology, urbanism, etc.) who are interested in rent control and other housing policies. The annual workshop, taking place for the fifth time, aims to be a forum for discussing housing policies around the world and exchange ideas. Furthermore, it also aims to encourage...
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) has been shown to be a promising network sampling strategy. However, it has also been shown to fail in some applications. Basing an RDS procedure on an existing panel study may, therefore, contain the risk of failure and might even alienate non-compliant seeds. This study therefore investigates the hypothetical willingness of general population panel participants to ...
In this study, we examine the relationship between personality traits, captured by risk tolerance and the Big Five traits, and firm size, as measured by the number of employees. We show that the personality of entrepreneurs matters for the size of their firm they operate. We use a novel add-on to the German Socio-Economic Panel that includes a sub-sample of owner-managers running larger firms. High ...
Dr. Thomas Meissner, Associate Professor in the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics, was a Visiting Researcher at SOEP at DIW Berlin from June 11 to July 19, 2026. During his stay, the behavioral economist participated in SOEP seminars and the SOEP Conference and engaged in discussions with researchers from across SOEP. ...
A team from the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department presented its latest research at International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) held in Munich from September 6 to 9, 2026. Lukas Barner, a doctoral candidate at the DIW Graduate Center since 2024, won the Best Poster Award for his poster titled “Carbon Capture, Transportation, and Storage: Modeling Potential Infrastructure ...
