Many important impulses for national economies emanate from high-tech start-ups. In particular industrial start-ups within the high-tech sector, though comparably small in number, have a large workforce and are…
After many years of honorary service in the ZEW Sponsors’ Association for Science and Practice, Dr. Dr. Peter Bettermann, who had chaired the association for nine years, has left office pursuant to the…
In November the CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for China has improved by 26.3 points reaching a value of 30.8 points. The CEP-Indicator captures the expectations of financial market experts regarding the…
Access to the regular labour market is much harder for immigrants than for the native-born population in many European countries. Governments in Europe thus use active labour market policies to support…
The number of firms founded in the large-area federal states of Western Germany declined between 2000 and 2012, except two short-term interim highs. Bavaria is less affected by this trend than, for example,…
In November 2013 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have improved by 7.0 points. Thus, the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region now…
In November 2013 economic expectations for Switzerland have increased by 6.7 points. Accordingly, the ZEW-CS-Indicator of economic expectations has reached the 31.6-points mark, continuing its upward trend…
Germany has been repeatedly criticized for running large trade surpluses. The European Commission is currently examining whether these surpluses endanger the proper function of the European economic and…
