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Verschlechterung der Finanzierungskonditionen könnten Preiskorrekturen folgen: Interview mit Konstantin A. Kholodilin

Sitzung des Arbeitskreises Bau- und Wohnungsmarktprognostik

Brothers in Arms: The Value of Coalitions in Sanctions Regimes

This paper provides novel empirical results on the welfare impact of sanctions when countries coordinate their sanctions packages. To do so, weconduct simulations with the Caliendo and Parro (2015) CGE model of the world economy that provides changes in welfare under different hypothetical setups of sanctions coalitions. Focusing on the 2012 wave of sanctions against Iran and the 2014 sanctions...

Ein Mietkauf-Modell für NRW: Vorschlag für eine praktische Umsetzung: Eine Studie im Auftrag der FDP-Landtagsfraktion NRW

The Rise and Fall of Social Housing? Housing Decommodification in Long-run Comparison

The comparative study of housing decommodification lags behind classical welfare state research, while housing research itself is rich in homeownership studies but lacks comparative accounts of private and social rentals due to missing comparative data. Building on existing works and various primary sources, this study presents a new collection of up to forty-eight countries’ social housing shares ...

How Shocks Affect Stock Market Participation

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that stock ownership is associated with individual characteristics, such as wealth, income, risk preferences, and financial literacy, less is known about the dynamics of stock market participation (SMP). Major fluctuations in SMP are oftentimes related to political events, economic shocks, and technological disruptions. We discuss the literature...

How Shocks Affect Stock Market Participation

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that stock ownership is associated with individual characteristics, such as wealth, income, risk preferences, and financial literacy, less is known about the dynamics of stock market participation (SMP). Major fluctuations in SMP are oftentimes related to political events, economic shocks, and technological disruptions. We discuss the literature...

Der Staat sollte von der Deckelei der Preise ablassen

Dieser Gastbeitrag erschien am 16. September 2022 in der WELT. Wenn die Energiepreise steigen, hat das einen positiven Nebeneffekt: Die Menschen haben einen Anreiz, Energie zu sparen. Alexander S. Kritikos und Alexander Kriwoluzky fragen: Warum macht sich der Staat das nicht zunutze und beschränkt seine Hilfen auf die, die sie existenziell brauchen? Nach den unzureichenden Entlastungspaketen 1 ...

Sponsored Bids in Online Labor Markets

Advertising on e-commerce platforms, which enables third-party sellers to place their products as sponsored listings within organic results, is a widespread phenomenon, creating large revenues for online marketplaces. While economic theory suggests that advertising can serve as a signal for product quality, the empirical evidence is ambiguous. In this project, I collect data from a leading online...

Government Ownership and Competition: Evidence from the European Airline Industry following the COVID-19-Pandemic

This paper empirically analyses the impact of government ownership on competition. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent governmental equity interventions in the European airline industry provides for a particularly ideal setting to investigate this topic, and this for several reasons. First, airline markets and competition therein are well-defined and well-understood. Second, European countries...