Kann die gegenwärtig diskutierte Einführung einer Vermögensteuer zu größerer Steuergerechtigkeit führen, oder belastet sie den Standort Deutschland? Wolfgang Scherf, Universität Gießen, hält die Vermögensteuer für ungerecht, ineffizient und überflüssig. Für Christian Waldhoff,...

Economic decisions frequently entail choices in the presence of risk. Decisions to purchase insurance, to save, to invest, and to pursue an education are all choices that may involve some degree of risk, just to name a few. We analyze the impact of changes in family structure on individuals'...

Utilizing the longitudinal SOEP data representative of the German population, we find that mental health shocks significantly decrease the willingness to take risks. We also find that mental health improvements increase the willingness to take risks significantly. Our findings are relevant for...

This paper analyzes the insurability of pandemic risk and outlines how underwriting policies and scenario analysis are used to build resilience upfront and plan contingency actions for crisis scenarios. It then summarizes the unique “lessons learned” from the Covid-19 crisis by baselining...