Nach dem Boom der Bauwirtschaft in den vergangenen Jahren haben im Jahr 2022 Inflation und Lieferengpässe der Branche schwer zu schaffen gemacht. Zwar ist das Bauvolumen nominal nochmals um fast 14 Prozent gestiegen, inflationsbereinigt ging es allerdings um zwei Prozent zurück. Besonders betroffen war und ist der dringend benötigte Wohnungsneubau. Für dieses und das nächste Jahr wird erwartet, dass ...
This paper studies market segmentation that arises from the introduction of rent control. When a part of the market remains unregulated, theory predicts an increase of free-market rents due to the misallocation of households to dwellings. To document this mechanism empirically, we study a large-scale policy intervention in the German housing market. We isolate the misallocation mechanism by exploiting ...
Following the construction boom of recent years in Germany, inflation and supply bottlenecks hit the industry hard in 2022. While nominal construction volume increased by nearly 14 percent, it decreased by two percent when adjusted for inflation. Residential construction, which is urgently needed, was particularly affected. In 2023 and 2024, it is expected that investors will show restraint and that ...
Nach dem aktuellen Bericht des Expertenrates für Klimafragen hat der Gebäudesektor in Deutschland auch im vergangenen Jahr seine Zielmarke zur Einsparung bei Treibhausgasemissionen gerissen. Dies liegt auch daran, dass in den vergangenen zehn Jahren die Investitionssummen in energetische Gebäudesanierung zwar – gefördert von allerlei Politikmaßnamen – nicht niedrig waren, allerdings auch keinen durchgängig ...
Various stakeholders are increasingly encouraging companies from the real economy to adopt measures facilitating their transition towards carbon neutrality. In this context, companies are expected to implement forward-looking strategies and climate-related reporting practices using scenario analysis aligned with scientific evidence and credible pathways to net zero carbon emissions. This paper examines ...
According to the latest review report of the Council of Experts on Climate Change, the German building sector failed to meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in 2022. This is in part because investments in energy-efficient building refurbishment—supported by all kinds of policy measures— has neither been low nor shown a consistently positive trend over the past ten years. Furthermore, ...