Lockdown-Lockerungen trotz bereits wieder steigender Corona-Infektionszahlen und der langsame Impffortschritt schicken die deutsche Wirtschaft auf einen Stop-and-Go-Kurs. Auf Öffnungsschritte müssen wohl mindestens regional immer wieder Schließungen folgen, um das Infektionsgeschehen im Griff...

Die Immobilienpreise in Deutschland steigen weiter - ungeachtet der wirtschaftlichen Verwerfungen infolge der Corona-Pandemie. Eigenheime und Eigentumswohnungen kosteten in den 114 größten Städten Deutschlands in diesem Jahr im Durchschnitt neun Prozent mehr als im vergangenen Jahr. Auch die...

Housing affordability is a hotly debated issue on global scale. A lack of affordable housing of decent quality is a chronic problem in urban areas. Governments try to alleviate it by stimulating homeownership among middle-income households and providing social housing for the low-income...

This article studies the evolution of housing rents in St. Petersburg between 1880 and 1917, covering an eventful period of Russian and world history. We collect and digitize over 5,000 rental advertisements from a local newspaper, which we use together with geo-coded addresses and detailed...

The coronavirus pandemic caused a global market crash in the first half of 2020. Following a massive slump of around four percent in the first quarter, global GDP decreased in the second by five percent. Lower rates of new infections, together with far-reaching monetary and fiscal policy...

The German economy has bottomed out, but its recovery is going to be long and arduous. Nevertheless, following the almost two-digit slump in economic output in the second quarter of 2020, recovery is likely to be accompanied by above-average rates. However, it is assumed that a second wave will...