Biographical note: Giuseppe Bertola is Professor of Economics at the University of Turin. Reto Foellmi is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich. Josef Zweimüller is Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich.

DIE REIHE: SCHRIFTENREIHE ZU ORDNUNGSFRAGEN DER WIRTSCHAFTherausgegeben von Thomas Apolte, Martin Leschke, Albrecht F. Michler, Christian Müller,Rahel Schomaker und Dirk WentzelDie Reihe diskutiert aktuelle ordnungspolitische und institutionenökonomische Fragestellungen. Durch die methodische...

The main purpose of this article is to investigate whether firms experienced a decline in performance during the COVID-19 pandemic and the influence of the quality of local government on firm performance within the context of the pandemic, controlling for credit growth and firm characteristics...

This paper evaluates alternative options for rebating revenues from a unilateral emissions price, focusing on energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries. A theoretical model is developed to demonstrate that conditional rebating policies—which would be distortionary in a first-best...