A difference-in-differences and data regression analysis are used to examine the relationship between bonus payments and the share of electric vehicles in new registrations. The approach makes a distinction between the instrument’s causal effect and the magnitude of the subsidy’s influence....

This paper examines the individual innovation contributions of the vocational education and training (VET) workforce compared to university graduates such as scientists and engineers. For this purpose, individual-level data from the German manufacturing sector are used, distinguishing between...

Die Digitalisierung gehört zu den großen Zukunftsthemen für Mittelstand und Handwerk. In diesem Zusammenhang wird häufig vermutet, dass gerade der ländliche Raum und die dort ansässigen Unternehmen beim Einsatz neuer, digitalbasierter Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien...

This paper analyzes in a large-scale field experiment (N = 1,425) whether gift vouchers stimulate the demand for DRT. This scenario is compared to a situation where customers receive environmental certificates, which report the saved carbon dioxide as a consequence of the bus ride. In our two...