This study uses scenario calculations to estimate the economic costs of the partial closure of the economy due to the coronavirus epidemic. With a shutdown duration of two months, the costs reach between EUR 255 billion and EUR 495 billion, depending on the scenario, and reduce the annual growth...

This paper presents scenarios of the shutdown costs in terms of lost value added for Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and UK. The shutdown phase will lead to considerable production losses and large declines in GDP this year. Lasting longer than a month, the losses within the...

We compare Covid-related working papers in economics to non-Covid-related working papers in four dimensions. Based on five well-known working papers series and data from the RePEc website, we find that Covid papers are mainly cover topics in macroeconomics and health, they are written by larger...

Im Zuge der Corona-Krise greifen die Unternehmen so stark auf Kurzarbeit zurück wie noch nie. Insgesamt gingen bis Ende April für mehr als 10 Millionen Beschäftigte Anzeigen zur Kurzarbeit bei der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) ein, im Mai kamen nochmals Anzeigen im Umfang von ca. 1 Million...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act constitutes the largest change to the US tax system since the 1980s and thoroughly alters the way in which multinational companies are taxed. Current assessments on the reform's international impact vary widely. This article sheds light on the tax reform's expected...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act constitutes the largest change to the US tax system since the 1980s and thoroughly alters the way in which multinational companies are taxed. Current assessments on the reform's international impact vary widely. This article sheds light on the tax reform's expected...

Die US-Steuerreform sieht deutliche Steuersenkungen, aber ebenfalls potenziell belastende Maßnahmen für ausländische Unternehmen vor. Die Reform wird voraussichtlich das Wirtschaftswachstum in den USA ankurbeln. Jedoch werden die Auswirkungen der Reform auf andere Länder kontrovers...

We compare Covid-related working papers in economics to non-Covid-related working papers in four dimensions. Based on five well-known working papers series and data from the RePEc website, we find that Covid papers are mainly cover topics in macroeconomics and health, they are written by larger...

In der empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung steigt die Anzahl der Publikationen, die mit Methoden des maschinellen Lernens arbeiten. Dennoch scheint eine gewisse Skepsis zu bestehen. Ein Kritikpunkt ist, dass sich maschinelles Lernen zwar für Vorhersagen eignet, aber keine kausalen Zusammenhänge...