University of Mannheim

The Econometric Society, founded in 1930, is an international society that unites researchers to advance economic theory as a sub-discipline of economics in its connection with statistics and mathematics. The Econometric Society publishes…

Tobias Ebert (34) completed his doctorate cumulatively, i.e. in the form of several independent publications, in the subject of psychology at the interface to geography (title: The Geography of Personality: On the Consequences of…

The Econometric Society, founded in 1930, is an international society that unites researchers to advance economic theory as a sub-discipline of economics in its connection with statistics and mathematics. The Econometric Society publishes…

For decades, social science research has assumed that a low income has a negative effect on people's psychological well-being. Previously, it was assumed that this effect would weaken as countries develop economically. The opposite is the…

Since the hard lockdown in February 2021, the business situation of companies in Germany has continuously improved and there is an upward trend in sales, profits and investments. This is shown by the current values ​​of the company survey…

The so-called Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), i.e. self-driving and networked vehicles, are now so well developed that nothing stands in the way of broad application on the road - at least from a technical point of view. The public…

Just in time for the start of the semester, Mannheim University Library opened the new creative learning room ExpLAB in the Schneckenhof Castle library area. The ExpLAB is intended to offer students and guests a stimulating environment…

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased discrimination against people of Asian descent in Germany. This is borne out by the results of the CILS4COVID study by sociologists from the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES) at the…

Dollarization refers to the introduction of the US dollar in parallel with or instead of the local currency and is widespread in developing and emerging countries. The dollarization of deposits can be viewed as an insurance arrangement…

The pandemic-induced ad-hoc switch to online teaching last year showed that there is great potential for digital teaching formats at German universities. However, the implementation of innovative formats is often delayed due to a lack of…