Limited Awareness and Financial Intermediation
252/2020, B02, Sarah Auster, Nicola Pavoni. First version: December 2020
The Multiple-Volunteers Principle
251/2020, B01, Susanne Goldlücke, Thomas Tröger
Carbon Footprints of European Manufacturing Jobs: Stylized Facts and Implications for Climate Policy
250/2020, B07, U.J. Wagner, D. Kassem, A. Gerster, J. Jaraite-Kazukauske, M. Klemetsen, M. Laukkanen, J. Leisner, R. Martin, J.R. Munch, M. Muûls, A.T. Nielsen, L. de Preux, K.E. Rosendahl, S. Schusser
The Effect of Climate Policy on Productivity and Cost Pass-Through in the German Manufacturing Sector
249/2020, B07, Beat Hintermann, Maja Žarković, Corrado Di Maria, Ulrich J. Wagner
Divided We Fall - International Health and Trade Coordination During a Pandemic
248/2020, C03, Viral Acharya, Zhengyang Jiang, Robert J. Richmond, Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden. Published in Covid Economics 60 (2020), 1-56
The Welfare Effects of Early Termination Fees in the US Wireless Industry
247/2020, B03, Joseph Cullen, Nicolas Schutz, Oleksandr Shcherbakov
Information Exchange and Consumer Search
246/2020, B04, Anton Sobolev
Consumer Credit With Over-Optimistic Borrowers
245/2020, A03, Florian Exler, Igor Livshits, James MacGee, Michèle Tertilt
Nonparametric Estimation of Truncated Conditional Expectation Functions
244/2020, A04, Tomasz Olma
Robot Imports and Firm-Level Outcomes
243/2020, B06, Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Rosario Crinò, Harald Fadinger, Gino Gancia
Competition Between Friends and Foes
242/2020, A01, Wladislaw Mill, John Morgan. Published in European Economic Review 147 (2022), 104171
Urban Air Pollution and Sick Leaves - Evidence From Social Security Data
241/2020, B07, Felix Holub, Laura Hospido, Ulrich J. Wagner
Monetary Policy Challenges From Falling Natural Interest Rates
240/2020, C02, Klaus Adam
COVID-19 Supply Chain Disruptions
239/2020, C02, Matthias Meier, Eugenio Pinto
The Cost of a Divided America: An Experimental Study Into Destructive Behavior
238/2020, A01, Wladislaw Mill, John Morgan. Published in Experimental Economics 25 (2022), 974-1001
Gender Gaps and the Role of Bosses
237/2020, A04, B07, Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Felix Holub
Gravity With Granularity
236/2020, B03, B06, Holger Breinich, Harald Fadinger, Volker Nocke, Nicolas Schutz
Falling Natural Rates, Rising Housing Volatility and the Optimal Inflation Target
235/2020, C02, Klaus Adam, Oliver Pfäuti, Timo Reinelt
Aggregate and Intergenerational Implications of School Closures: A Quantitative Assessment
234/2020, A03, Youngsoo Jang, Minchul Yum. First version: November 2020
Unwilling to Train? Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation
233/2020, C01, Santiago Caicedo, Miguel Espinosa, Arthur Seibold. Published in Econometrica 90 (2022), 507-550
Does Pricing Carbon Mitigate Climate Change? Firm-Level Evidence From the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
232/2020, B07, Jonathan Colmer, Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls, Ulrich J. Wagner. First version: November 2020
Gender Peer Effects, Non-Cognitive Skills and Marriage Market Outcomes: Evidence From Single-Sex Schools in the UK
231/2020, C01, Lina Cardona, Katja M. Kaufmann
Persuading an Informed Committee
230/2020, B02, Nina Bobkova, Saskia Klein
Optimal Testing and Social Distancing of Individuals With Private Health Signals
229/2020, B01, Thomas Tröger
Mechanism Design for Unequal Societies
228/2020, B03, Marco Reuter, Carl-Christian Groh
Allocation With Correlated Information: Too Good to Be True
227/2020, B04, Deniz Kattwinkel
Reference Points for Retirement Behavior: Evidence From German Pension Discontinuities
226/2020, C01, Arthur Seibold. Published in American Economic Review, 111(4): 1126-1165, 2021
Imitation Perfection - A Simple Rule to Prevent Discrimination in Procurement
225/2020, B04, Nicolas Fugger, Vitali Gretschko, Helene Mass, Achim Wambach. First version: October 2020. Published in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 12(3): 189-245, 2020.
Monetary Policy and Speculative Asset Markets
224/2020, C01, Gregor Boehl. Published in European Economic Review 148 (2022), 104250
Fishing for Good News: Motivated Information Acquisition
223/2020, A01, B03, Si Chen, Carl Heese. First version: October 2020
Social Learning With State-Dependent Observations
222/2020, B03, Carl Heese
Inducing Effort Through Grades
221/2020, B03, David Rodina, John Farragut
Information Design and Career Concerns
220/2020, B03, David Rodina
Dynamic Competition for Attention
219/2020, B04, Jan Knoepfle
Does Open Source Pay off in the Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Industry? A Study of Tesla's Open-Source Initiative
218/2020, B02, Yihan Yan
How People Know Their Risk Preference
217/2020, A01, Ruben C. Arslan, Martin Brümmer, Thomas Dohmen, Johanna Drewelies, Ralph Hertwig, Gert G. Wagner. Published in Scientifc Reports, 10(15365): 1-14, 2020
The Effects of Trend Inflation on Aggregate Dynamics and Monetary Stabilization
216/2020, C02, Andrey Alexandrov
The Expected (Signaling) Value of Higher Education
215/2020, A02, Laura Ehrmantraut, Pia Pinger, Renske Stans
Optimal Voting Mechanisms on Generalized Single-Peaked Domains
214/2020, B01, Tobias Rachidi. First version: September 2020
Parental Investment and Peer Effects in Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
213/2020, C01, Yasemin Özdemir
The Consequences of the COVID-19 Job Losses: Who Will Suffer Most and by How Much?
212/2020, A03, Andreas Gulyas, Krzysztof Pytka. Published in COVID Economics 47 (2020), 70-107
Labour Supply During Lockdown and a “New Normal”: The Case of the Netherlands
211/2020, C01, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Radost Holler, Lena Janys, Bettina Siflinger, Christian Zimpelmann
Preparing for the Next Crisis: How to Secure the Supply of Essential Goods and Services
210/2020, B05, Natalia Fabra, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz. Published as "Learning from electricity markets: How to design a resilience strategy" in Energy Policy, 168, 113116, 2022
Voter Attention and Distributive Politics
209/2020, B03, Carl Heese
Removal of Potential Competitors - A Blind Spot of Merger Policy?
208/2020, B05, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz. Published in Competition Law and Policy Debate, 6: 19-25, 2020
The Fall of the Aspirations Wall: Educational Aspirations, Achievement and Societal Change
207/2020, C01, Ghazala Azmat, Katja M. Kaufmann
A Setback Set Right? Unfortunate Timing of Family Distress and Educational Outcomes
206/2020, A02, Renske Stans. Published as "Short-run shock, long-run consequences? The impact of grandparental death on educational outcomes" in Economics of Education Review, 91: 102310, 2022
Environmental Incentives and Parental Investments
205/2020, A02, Renske Stans
The Tension Between Market Shares and Profit Under Platform Competition
204/2020, B05, Paul Belleflamme, Martin Peitz, Eric Toulemonde. First version: August 2020. Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization 81 (2022), 102807
Committee Search Design
203/2020, B01, Christina Luxen, Tobias Rachidi. First version: August 2020
What Is ‘Competition Law’? – Measuring EU Member States’ Leeway to Regulate Platform-to-Business Agreements
202/2020, B05, Jens-Uwe Franck, Nils Stock. Published in Yearbook of European Law 39 (2020), 320-386
The Economics of Decoupling
201/2020, B02, B05, Andre Speit, Paul Voss
Shareholder Votes on Sale
200/2020, B02, B05, Andre Speit, Paul Voss
Polls and Elections: Strategic Respondents and Turnout Implications
199/2020, B01, Christina Luxen
This Time It's Different: The Role of Women's Employment in a Pandemic Recession
198/2020, A03, Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Michèle Tertilt
Nonlinear Occupations and Female Labor Supply Over Time
197/2020, A03, Youngsoo Jang, Minchul Yum. Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 46, 2022, 51-73
The Effect of Patent Litigation Insurance: Theory and Evidence From NPEs
196/2020, B02, Bernhard Ganglmair, Christian Helmers, Brian J. Love. Published in Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 38 (2022), 741-773
Spatial Effects of Price Regulations and Competition. A Dynamic Approach to the German Retail Pharmacy Market
195/2020, B06, Jan-Robert Aue
Does Pay Transparency Affect the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence From Austria
194/2020, A03, C01, Andreas Gulyas, Sebastian Seitz, Sourav Sinha. Published in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15 (2): 236-55. First version: July 2020
A Structural Investigation of Quantitative Easing
193/2020, C01, Gregor Boehl, Gavin Goy, Felix Strobel
US Business Cycle Dynamics at the Zero Lower Bound
192/2020, C01, Gregor Boehl, Felix Strobel
Debt Maturity and Innovation
191/2020, C03, Yuliyan Mitkov
Concentration Screens for Horizontal Mergers
190/2020, B03, Volker Nocke, Michael D. Whinston. Published in American Economic Review 112 (2022), 1915-1948
Skill-Biased Imports, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Allocation of Talent
189/2020, B06, Jingting Fan, Lei Li. First version: June 2020
Network Goods, Price Discrimination, and Two-Sided Platforms
188/2020, B05, Paul Belleflamme, Martin Peitz. First version: June 2020.
The Economic Motives for Foot-binding
187/2020, A03, Xinyu Fan, Lingwei Wu. Published as "The Shaping of a Gender Norm: Marriage, Labor, and Foot-Binding in Historical China" in International Economic Review, 2023, 64: 1819-1850
Mentoring and Schooling Decisions: Causal Evidence
186/2020, A01, A02, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger
Safety at Work and Immigration
185/2020, A02, Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Nicolau Martin Bassols, Judit Vall Castello. Published in Journal of Population Economics, 34: 167-221, 2020
Which Role for State Aid and Merger Control During and After the COVID Crisis?
184/2020, B05, Chiara Fumagalli, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz. Published in Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 11: 294-301, 2020
The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures
183/2020, A03, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Moritz Kuhn, Michèle Tertilt
Disaggregate Consumption Feedback and Energy Conservation
182/2020, B07, Andreas Gerster, Mark A. Andor, Lorenz Götte. Published in Energy Economics 84 (2019), 104527
Firm Dynamics With Labor Market Sorting
181/2020, A03, Andreas Gulyas
Strategic Information Transmission and Efficient Corporate Control
180/2020, B02, Paul Voss, Marius Kulms. Published as "Separating Ownership and Information" in American Economic Review 112 (2022), 3039-3062
State Aid Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Shock: Observations and Guiding Principles
179/2020, B05, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz. Published in Intereconomics 55 (2020), 219-222
My Home Is My Castle - The Benefits of Working From Home During a Pandemic Crisis: Evidence From Germany
178/2020, B06, Jean-Victor Alipour, Harald Fadinger, Jan Schymik. Published as "My Home Is My Castle: The Benefits of Working From Home During a Pandemic Crisis" in Journal of Public Economics, 196: 104373, 2021
The Effect of Pension Subsidies on the Retirement Timing of Older Women
177/2020, C01, Han Ye. Published in Journal of the European Economic Association 20 (2021), 1048-1094
Wage Determination and the Bite of Collective Contracts in Italy and Spain: Evidence from the Metalworking Industry
176/2020, A03, Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Ernesto Villanueva. Published as "Wage Determination and the Bite of Collective Contracts in Italy and Spain" in Labour Economics, Volume 76, 2022, 102147
An Economic Model of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Young and Old Agents: Behavior, Testing and Policies
175/2020, A03, Luiz Brotherhood, Philipp Kircher, Cezar Santos, Michèle Tertilt. First version: May 2020
"No Man Is an Island": An Empirical Study on Team Formation and Performance
174/2020, B02, Alessandra Allocca
Germany’s ‘Lex Apple Pay’: Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement
173/2020, B05, Jens-Uwe Franck, Dimitrios Linardatos. First version: May 2020. Published as "Competition Enforcement versus Regulation as Market-Opening Tools: An Application to Banking and Payment Systems" in Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 12 (2024), 148-188
Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment
172/2020, A01, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Florian Zimmermann. Published in Journal of Public Economics 223 (2023), 104908
A Simple, Non-Recursive Model of the Spread of COVID-19 With Applications to Policy
171/2020, C03, Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden. Published in Covid Economics 10 (2020), 24-48
Experimental Evidence on Misguided Learning
170/2020, A01, B07, Lorenz Götte, Marta Kozakiewicz
The Long-Term Earnings’ Effects of a Credit Market Disruption
169/2020, A03, Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Marta De Philippis, Enrico Sette, Eliana Viviano. First version: April 2020
Income Differences, Productivity and Input-Output Networks
168/2020, B06, Harald Fadinger, Christian Ghiglino, Mariya Teteryatnikova. Published in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 14(2): 367-415 , 2022
The Effects of Working From Home on COVID-19 Infections and Production - A Macroeconomic Analysis for Germany
167/2020, B06, Harald Fadinger, Jan Schymik
Collective Intelligence: Crowd Wisdom Versus Herding
166/2020, C04, Andreas Engert
The Role of Caseworkers in Unemployment Insurance: Evidence From Unplanned Absences
165/2020, B04, Amelie Schiprowski. Published in Journal of Labor Economics, 38(4): 1189-1225, 2020
Benefit Duration, Job Search Behavior and Re-Employment
164/2020, B04, Andreas Lichter, Amelie Schiprowski. First version: March 2020. Published in Journal of Public Economics, 193: 104326, 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality
163/2020, A03, Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Michèle Tertilt. Published in Covid Economics: Vetted and Real-Time Papers, Issue 4, 62-85, April 2020.
The Role of Social Networks in Bank Lending
162/2020, C03, C04, Oliver Rehbein, Simon Rother. First version: March 2020
Monetary Policy, Markup Dispersion, and Aggregate TFP
161/2020, C02, Matthias Meier, Timo Reinelt. Published in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2022), 101162
Supply Chain Disruptions, Time to Build, and the Business Cycle
160/2020, C02, Matthias Meier
Falling Behind: Has Rising Inequality Fueled the American Debt Boom?
159/2020, A04, C02, Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Fabian Greimel. First version: March 2020
Optimal Auctions With Signaling Bidders
158/2020, B01, Olivier Bos, Martin Pollrich
Strategies Under Strategic Uncertainty
157/2020, B04, Helene Mass
Optimal Contests With Incomplete Information and Convex Effort Costs
156/2020, B01, Mengxi Zhang. First version: February 2020
Do People Value More Informative News?
155/2020, B03, Felix Chopra, Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth
Robustly Optimal Monetary Policy in a New Keynesian Model With Housing
154/2020, C02, Klaus Adam, Michael Woodford
Consumer Debt and Default: A Macro Perspective
153/2020, A03, Florian Exler, Michèle Tertilt. First version: February 2020. Published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2020
Who Benefits From General Knowledge?
152/2020, A02, Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Emma Duchini. First version: February 2020
Optimal Pricing, Private Information and Search for an Outside Offer
151/2020, B02, Sarah Auster, Nenad Kos, Salvatore Piccolo. First version: April 2020. Published in RAND Journal of Economics 52 (2021), 758-777
Student Performance and Loss Aversion
150/2020, B05, Heiko Karle, Dirk Engelmann, Martin Peitz. Published in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 124 (2022), 420-456
Complementarities in Behavioral Interventions: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Energy Conservation
149/2020, B07, Ximeng Fang, Lorenz Goette, Bettina Rockenbach, Matthias Sutter, Verena Tiefenbeck, Samuel Schoeb, Thorsten Staake. First version: January 2020
Associative Memory and Belief Formation
148/2020, A01, Benjamin Enke, Frederik Schwerter, Florian Zimmermann
Big Tech Mergers
147/2020, B05, Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz. First version: January 2020. Published in Information Economics and Policy, 54: 100868 , 2021
Robust Bidding and Revenue in Descending Price Auctions
146/2020, B04, Sarah Auster, Christian Kellner. Published in Journal of Economic Theory 199 (2022), 105072
Hidden Testing and Selective Disclosure of Evidence
145/2020, B04, Claudia Herresthal. First version: January 2020
Estimating the Optimal Inflation Target From Trends in Relative Prices
144/2020, C02, Klaus Adam, Henning Weber. Published as "Optimal Trend Inflation" in American Economic Review, 109(2): 702-737, 2019
Pricing for the Stars - Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Rating Systems
143/2020, C03, André Stenzel, Christoph Wolf, Peter Schmidt. First version: January 2020. Published in Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC'20): 273-274, 2020
The Emergence of Procyclical Fertility: The Role of Gender Differences in Employment Risk
142/2020, A03, C02, Sena Coskun, Husnu C. Dalgic. First version: January 2020. Published in Journal of Monetary Economics 142 (2024), 103523
Human Capitalists, Reallocation and the Global Division of Labor
141/2020, B06, Jan Schymik. First version: January 2020