● Hohe Spritpreise belasten Haushalte und Unternehmen unmittelbar und insbesondere dort, wo Mobilität alternativlos ist. Weder der Tankrabatt noch ein denkbares "Klimageld" lösen dieses Problem überzeugend. ● Dieser Policy Impuls schlägt deshalb mit handelbaren Steuervergünstigungen...

Am 28. Februar 2026 begannen die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und der Staat Is rael Luftangriffe auf die Islamische Republik Iran. In der Folge kündigten die iranischen Revolutionsgarden eine Sperrung der Straße von Hormus an, die am 2. März 2026 offi ziell durch die iranische Regierung...

- Hohe Spritpreise belasten Haushalte und Unternehmen unmittelbar und insbesondere dort, wo Mobilität alternativlos ist. Weder der Tankrabatt noch ein denkbares "Klimageld" lösen dieses Problem überzeugend. - Dieser Policy Impuls schlägt deshalb mit handelbaren Steuervergünstigungen eine...

This article examines the price effects of gasoline stations following a retail merger in 2022. Using detailed station-level price data from 2020 to 2024, the analysis shows that fuel prices increase at both merging stations and their competitors, but with regional differences. These regional...

Increasing competition and reducing market power are core interests of economists, regulators and the public to maximise aggregate social welfare. Low prices are achieved through intense competition in the retail gasoline market. The absence of fierce competition is referred to as market power....

This paper uses data on 5-year gasoline price expectations from the US Michigan Survey of Consumers to investigate their role as a transmission channel for gasoline price shocks. Specifically, a Structural VAR model is estimated to carry out counterfactual analysis which shows that gasoline...

Severen and van Benthem (2022b) studies the effect of gasoline price changes during adolescence on driving behavior as an adult. They find that price changes at ages 15-18 lead to reduced driving during adulthood. In this comment, I replicate the effect on miles travelled using unrestricted...

This paper analyses determinants of pass-through for Germany’s 2022 temporary fuel discount at its implementation and subsequent termination. Based on a unique dataset of fuel station characteristics and prices, we employ a two-stage Regression Discontinuity in Time (RDiT) methodology to...