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Economists Dr. Antonio Ciccone and Felix Rusche of the University of Mannheim investigated whether the media prefer negative reports. The study reveals a significant discrepancy: Reporting on the German Stock Index (DAX) on the daily news show ZDF heute-journal is predominantly negative—despite a ...

The GBP Monitor shows that affected industries invest less when global trade barriers rise – despite business-friendly coalition plans.

A new study by researchers from the University of Mannheim and the University of Essex shows that male and female fund managers invest in different sectors – influenced by their own consumption preferences. This has a significant effect on fund performance.

How should media outlets cover terrorist events without causing public alarm or sharing distorted facts? Researchers at the University of Mannheim are looking into this question. Among them is a Ukrainian scientist, now a refugee, who has secured additiona l funding from the German Research ...

How can government income and spending policy be legitimized through democratic means and safeguarded for the future? This central question is the subject of a new research project spearheaded by Mannheim lawyer Prof. Dr. Michael W. Müller. The Volkswagen Foundation is funding the project for five ...

Mannheim political scientist Professor Dr. Melanie Sauter has received the Nils Petter Gleditsch Article of the Year Award for the best article published in the Journal of Peace Research (JPR) in 2024.

The new survey from the German Business Panel (GBP) at the University of Mannheim, conducted in the lead-up to the federal election, shows that companies are optimistic about the long-term economic outlook for Germany. Rapidly reforming the debt brake and consistently reducing bureaucracy are ...

The compensation managers receive for their performance affects their investment decisions and thus the long-term productivity of companies. This is confirmed by researchers from the EPoS Research Center with the participation of Prof. Dr. Matthias Meier from the University of Mannheim. They are ...

A new study by the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz with contributions of management professor Dr. Max Reinwald of the University of Mannheim examines the impact of right-wing populist election results on the well-being and integration of trainees with ...

The Volkswagen Foundation is funding a new project at the University of Mannheim that will analyze the educational programs of the New Right in Germany and the Nouvelle Droite in France on a comparative basis for the first time.