COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...

COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...

COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...

COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...

The financial and economic crisis also left its mark on the privately funded old-age provision (Riester-Pension) in Germany: an analysis of the SAVE panel dataset shows that the coverage with Riester-contracts stagnated in 2008. Only households with low incomes exhibited small but positive...

Die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat sich zwar negativ auf den Wert von Vermögensanlagen ausgewirkt aber nicht so stark, wie allgemein angenommen wird. Die Dynamik in der Verbreitung der Riester-Verträge wurde allerdings durch die Krise gestoppt. Einen leichten Rückgang gab es vor allem bei...