We study the effects of rental price changes on college enrollment rates. We exploit cross-
district variation in the size and timing of local rental price booms in Germany during the …

Rental housing where tenants are responsible for their own energy bills but landlords are
responsible for energy retrofits may pose a particular challenge in achieving optimal rates of …

We build a granular dataset of residential property yields using rental and sale listings from
a major German real estate platform. Equipped with more than 1.5 million property-level rent …

Exploiting regional heterogeneity in population dynamics across more than 10,000
municipalities in Germany, we provide robust empirical evidence that population aging …

We document a housing portfolio channel of quantitative easing (QE) transmission
exploiting variation in German household data in a difference-in-differences setting around …

We use a quantitative spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the distributional and welfare
impacts of a recent temporary rent control policy in Berlin, Germany. We calibrate the model …

Energy efficiency improvements can play an important role in reducing emissions from
residential buildings, yet consumer decisions involving energy costs can be subject to …

This cumulative dissertation uses economic theory and micro-econometric tools and
evaluation methods to analyse public policies and their impact on welfare and individual …

Over the past decades, higher education has experienced tremendous growth around the
world. Given the significant role of education, many governments pursue long-term …

Vor dem Hintergrund nahezu kontinuierlich steigender Mietpreise in den angespannten
Wohnungsmärken in den letzten zwölf Jahren ist es gerade in Zeiten zunehmender …