This study examines the real estate market in Germany at the district level, focusing on all NUTS 3 regions from 2012 to 2022. Using spatial econometric models, the analysis explores the association of socio-economic variables and COVID-19-related indicators—including infection rates and mobility restrictions—with regional property prices. Our results indicate that…

With the “Zeitenwende” in security policy and a significant increase in defense spending, calls for industrial policy measures to strengthen the domestic arms industry are growing louder. However, little attention is being paid to the role of competition policy. This article first reconstructs the specific characteristics of arms markets and…

This article examines the development of the HWWI-Rohstoffpreisindex in 2025. The analysis focuses on the price dynamics of Germany’s key imported raw materials and the contributions of individual commodity groups. The overall decline of the index during 2025 was largely driven by price movements in energy commodities, whose prices remained…