Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper estimates the relationship between charging infrastructure and the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). We specify models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to gauge the robustness of our findings in the face of alternative channels through...

Drawing on panel data from Germany, this paper estimates the relationship between charging infrastructure and the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). We specify models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to gauge the robustness of our findings in the face of alternative channels through...

Stefanie Gäbler prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in March 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of six distinct empirical essays...

Stefanie Gäbler prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy. The study was completed in March 2020 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of six distinct empirical essays...

Öffentliche Investitionen werden im Gegensatz zu öffentlichem Konsum häufig als wachstumsfördernd angesehen. Ausgaben für "immaterielle" Güter wie etwa Bildung werden jedoch nicht als Investitionen angesehen, obwohl diese potenziell wachstumswirksam sind. Gleichzeitig werden auch Ausgaben...

Die Forschungsdateninfrastruktur in Deutschland ist vielschichtig und wird laufend verbessert. Um jedoch international wettbewerbsfähig zu sein, muss die deutsche Dateninfrastruktur weiterentwickelt werden. Es dient dem Gemeinwohl, wenn es Forschenden ermöglicht wird, auf Daten aus...