The German economy is only gradually regaining momentum after the Covid-19-related slump. Although production bottomed out in April and should quickly make up some of the losses with the easing of the lockdown beginning in May, full recovery from the crisis will take some time. One reason is...

The current COVID-19 pandemic is a global exogenous shock, impacting individuals' decision making and behaviour allowing researchers to test theories of personality by exploring how traits, in conjunction with individual and societal differences affect compliance and cooperation. Study 1 used...

Die weltwirtschaftliche Aktivität ist infolge der Covid-19-Pandemie im ersten Halbjahr 2020 um annähernd 10 Prozent gesunken. Nach einem Rückgang um 3 Prozent im ersten Quartal brach die Weltproduktion im zweiten Quartal um rund 7 Prozent ein, auch weil weltweit Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der...

Nach dem historisch einmaligen Rückgang der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Produktion um 15 Prozent im ersten Halbjahr wurde die Wirtschaft in den Mitgliedsländern der Währungsunion schrittweise wieder hochgefahren. Der monatliche Verlauf einiger harter Indikatoren bis zum Sommer lässt einen...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft ist auf Erholungskurs. Die Wirtschaftsleistung hat sich mit der erfolgreichen Eindämmung der Corona-Pandemie von ihrem Tiefpunkt im April rasch wieder gelöst und einen Gutteil der Verluste innerhalb weniger Monate wettgemacht. Diese hohe Dynamik spiegelt im Wesentlichen...

The world economy contracted by close to 10 percent in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-10 pandemic unfolded. After a 3 percent drop in activity in the first quarter, global output contacted by some 7 percent as governments around the world implemented measures to contain the virus and...

The German economy is recovering from the COVID-19 shock. With the successful containment of the coronavirus, output has quickly rebounded from its trough in April and has made up a good part of the losses within a few months. This strong momentum essentially reflects the normalization of...

Social distancing has become worldwide the key public policy to be implemented during the COVID-19 epidemic and reducing the degree of proximity among workers turned out to be an important dimension. An emerging literature looks at the role of automation in supporting the work of humans but the...

In August 2020, the German capital of Berlin became the stage for political manifestations organized by regional and relatively unknown groups of individuals with diverse political agendas. The German government and the public observed smaller and bigger agglomerations of up to 40.000 citizens...

While effective preventive measures against COVID-19 are now widely known, many individuals fail to adopt them. This paper provides experimental evidence about one potentially important driver of compliance with social distancing: social norms. We asked each of 23,000 survey respondents in...