The qualification of its staff is of prime importance to ZEW. This is illustrated by the number of dissertations completed at ZEW in 2013.

We would like to thank all supervisors, especially the first supervisors.

Dissertations since January 2013:

Martin Achtnicht, "Consumer Choices Relevant to Climate Change: Stated Preference Evidence from Germany", Prof. Reinhard Madlener, RWTH Aachen University.


Bodo Aretz, "Empirical Essays on Wage Dynamics and Donation Options", Prof. Wolfgang Franz, University of Mannheim.


Katharina Finke, "Alternative Konzepte der Unternehmensbesteuerung vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Herausforderungen der deutschen Steuerpolitik - Eine Quantifizierung der Aufkommens- und Belastungswirkungen mittels Mikrosimulation und Propensity-Score-Matching", Prof. Christoph Spengel, University of Mannheim.


Jan Hogrefe, "Income and Employment Effects of Trade and Offshoring in Modern Labor Markets", Prof. Wilhelm Kohler, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.


Daniel Hoewer, "Firms and their Main Banks - Effects of Main Bank Characteristics on Firms' Bank Choice, R&D Investment, and Survival", Prof. Konrad Stahl, University of Mannheim.


Matthias Hunold, "Essays in Competition Economics", Prof. Konrad Stahl, University of Mannheim.

Tim-Alexander Kroencke, "Understanding and Harvesting Expected  Returns of Asset Classes, Investment Styles, and Risk Factors", Prof. Erik Theissen, University of Mannheim.


Pia Pinger, "Essays on Skills, Health, and Human Inequality", Prof. Gerard van den Berg, University of Mannheim.


Franz Schwiebacher, "On the Use of Intellectual Property Rights by Innovative Firms", Prof. Dirk Czarnitzki, KU Leuven.


Sebastian Voigt, "The Impact of Environmental Policy on Economic Indicators: Moving from Global to Sectoral and Regional Perspectives", Prof. Andreas Löschel, Heidelberg University.

Nikolas Woelfing, "Interacting Markets in Electricity Wholesale: Forward and Spot, and the Impact of Emissions Trading". Prof. Katheline Schubert, Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).