Das Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Fakultät Staatswissenschaften) legt hiermit seinen neunzehnten eigenständigen Forschungsbericht vor. Wir möchten mit unserem Bericht alle Interessenten an unserer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit in kompakter Form über die...

Firm characteristics in empirical models for margins of international trade usually enter these models in linear form. If non-linearities do matter and are ignored this leads to biased results. Researchers, however, can never be sure that all possible non-linear relationships are taken care of....

In den letzten Jahren stehen die CO2-Emissionen aus Gebäudebrand und Verkehr in Mittelpunkt der politischen Debatte: Verbrennerfahrzeuge sollen ab 2035 nicht mehr zugelassen werden, Heizungen sollen zumindest zu 65 % aus regenerativen Energiequellen betrieben werden, der Zertifikatshandel wird...

Empirical models for intensive or extensive margins of trade that relate measures of exports to firm characteristics are usually estimated by variants of (generalized) linear models. Usually, the firm characteristics that explain these export margins enter the empirical model in linear form,...

For many attempts to inform evidence-based policymaking (or policy-makers in general) researchers have to rely on already available (instead of newly collected) data. These data have to be reliable, accessible (at best, without high hurdles, and with low or no fees to be paid) and findable. One...

The use of digital technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices can be expected to go hand in hand with higher productivity and lower trade costs, and, therefore, to be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data for manufacturing enterprises...

Für die Verbreitung der Elektromobilität in Deutschland sind die öffentlichen Ladepunkte mit entscheidend und dabei kommt es auch darauf an, zu welchen Preisen der Ladestrom bereitgestellt wird. Die Höhe der Ladepreise wird auch durch das Ausmaß an Wettbewerb an den Ladesäulen bestimmt....

The use of robots by firms can be expected to go hand in hand with higher productivity, higher product quality and more product innovation, which should be positively related to export activities. This paper uses firm level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 486 survey conducted in February - May...

The use of cloud computing by firms can be expected to go hand in hand with higher productivity, more innovations, and lower costs, and, therefore, should be positively related to export activities. Empirical evidence on the link between cloud computing and exports, however, is missing. This...