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  1. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 20.05.2011

    ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): Economic Expectations Almost Unchanged in Central and Eastern Europe – Major Decline in Inflation Concerns

    The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) has slightly increased by 2.2 points to 20.9 points in May 2011. The indicator for the inflation…
  2. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 19.05.2011

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic Expectations Drop Significantly

    Economic expectations for Switzerland deteriorated in May 2011. The relevant ZEW-CS-Indicator dropped by 20.3 points to the minus 11.5 threshold. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the Centre for…
  3. Research // 16.05.2011

    Welfare Losses due to too Few Start-Ups by Immigrants in Key Economic Sectors

    Immigrants in Germany found considerably fewer firms in key economic sectors, such as engineering, chemical industry or software development, than Germans. Thus, with regard to the so-called knowledge-intensive…
  4. ZEW Annual Report // 26.04.2011

    ZEW Annual Report 2010 Published - ZEW Successful in Raising Third-Party Funds From Home and Abroad

    In the business year 2010, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim improved its results by half a million to 15.6 million euros. In particular, third-party funding strongly increased in 2010.…
  5. Information Economy // 18.04.2011

    Service Providers of the Information Society - Firms Employ E-commerce to a Greater Extent in Procurement Than in Sales and Marketing

    Among the service providers of the information society it has become increasingly common to make use of e-commerce in the procurement of inputs rather than in sales and marketing of ones own products and…
  6. Research // 18.04.2011

    "Twisted" Wages Make Hiring Of Young Women and Older Job Hunters Unattractive

    Some firms in Germany still prefer hiring young male applicants to young women; and they hardly hire older job hunters either. The main reason for this personnel strategy, which is not very sustainable in view…
  7. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 15.04.2011

    ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)- Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Recover Slightly

    The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) has increased by 4.8 points to 18.7 points in April 2011. The economic sentiment indicator for the CEE…
  8. Research // 14.04.2011

    Upturn For Mergers And Acquisitions in Germany

    The German economy is developing well in 2011, causing an upturn of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The negative trend observed in Germany during the last two years appears to be overcome. This is the…