Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Unfulfilled Aspirations among Egypt's Educated Youth

Klimaschutz und nachhaltige Mobilität - Chancen für Wirtschaft und Unternehmen

Correlation Neglect in Financial Decision-Making

Die deutsche Energiepolitik: Politikempfehlungen der Wissenschaft

Comment on "The Age of Productivity. Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up"

Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Energiepolitik in der Ukraine

Joint Customer Data Acquisition and Sharing among Rivals

It is increasingly observable that in different industries competitors jointly acquire and share customer data. We propose a modified Hotelling model with two-dimensional consumer heterogeneity to analyze the incentives for such agreements and their welfare implications. In our model the incentives of firms for data acquisition and sharing depend on the willingness of consumers to switch brands....

GDP and beyond - neue Wege der Wohlstandsmessung

Are Women More Credit-Constrained Than Men: Evidence from a Rising Credit Market

Drivers of Private Equity Investment in CEE and Western European Countries

A strong private equity market is a cornerstone for commercialization and innovation in modern economies. However, substantial differences exist in the relative amounts raised and invested in private equity across European countries. We investigate the macro-determinants of private equity investment in Europe, focusing on the comparison between CEE and Western European countries. Our estimations...

Liquidity and Asset Prices: How Strong Are the Linkages?

The appropriate design of monetary policy in integrated financial markets is one of the most challenging areas for central banks. One hot topic is whether the rise in liquidity in recent years has contributed to the formation of price bubbles in asset markets. If strong linkages exist, the inclusion of asset prices in the monetary policy rule can eventually limit speculative runs and negative...

Unemployment and Portfolio Choice: Does Persistence Matter?

We use a life cycle model of consumption and portfolio choice to study the effects of social security on the investment decisions of households for the European case. Our model is mainly based on the one developed by Cocco, Gomes, and Maenhout (2005). We extend it by unemployment risk using Markov chains to model the transition between different employment states. In contrast to most models in the...

Pauschalprämienmodelle zur Finanzierung des Gesundheitswesens: Strukturparameter, Gestaltungsoptionen, Simulationen

Zeit, Geld, Infrastruktur und Fertilität: Befunde empirischer Forschung und was wir daraus lernen können

Correlation Neglect in Financial Decision-Making

Information Sharing and Cross-Border Entry in European Banking

Customer Data Acquisition and Sharing among Rivals

Women's Noncognitive Skills and Transition to Employment after Childbirth

Cooperative Customer Data Acquisition and Sharing among Rivals

Comment on: Procurement, Liberalization and Specialization. Jan Boone, Christoph Schottmüller