We study the impact of the “Fridays for Future” climate protest movement in Germany on citizen political behavior and explore possible mechanisms. Over the course of 2019, large crowds of young protesters, most below voting age, skipped school to demonstrate for rapid and far-reaching...

Gegen unzureichende Klimapolitik und für konkrete Klimaschutzmaßnahmen protestieren seit 2019 hunderttausende junge, oft noch nicht wahlberechtigte Menschen unter dem Dach der sogenannten Fridays-for-Future-Bewegung. Ob und wenn ja, wie sich lokale Proteste und Schulstreiks auf Landtags-,...

We study the impact of the "Fridays for Future" climate protest movement in Germany on citizen political behavior and explore possible mechanisms. Over the course of 2019, large crowds of young protesters, most below voting age, skipped school to demonstrate for rapid and far-reaching measures...

Gegen unzureichende Klimapolitik und für konkrete Klimaschutzmaßnahmen protestieren seit 2019 hunderttausende junge, oft noch nicht wahlberechtigte Menschen unter dem Dach der sogenannten Fridays-for-Future-Bewegung. Ob und wenn ja, wie sich lokale Proteste und Schulstreiks auf Landtags-,...

We study the impact of the Fridays for Future climate protest movement in Germany on citizen political behavior and explore possible mechanisms. Throughout 2019, large crowds of young protesters, the majority of whom were under voting age, skipped school to demand immediate and far-reaching...

This paper assesses the existence and extent of transition cost for the OECD economies associated with the increasing Chinese competition in the export markets. We find that intensified Chinese competition is an important factor in explaining structural changes not only within the manufacturing...

We show that the creation of the first integrated pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that interregional trade was strongly influenced by...

In the latter half of the fourth millennium BC, our ancestors witnessed a remarkable transformation, progressing from simple agrarian villages to complex urban civilizations. In regions as far apart as the Nile Valley, Mesopotamia, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley, the first states appeared...

We show that the creation of the first integrated multi-modal pan-European transport network during Roman times influences economic integration over two millennia. Drawing on spatially highly disaggregated data on excavated Roman ceramics, we document that contemporary interregional trade was...