The euro crisis is putting a strain on the German economy. Economic growth will thus remain weak in the near future and will not improve until next year. The institutes forecast an increase of GDP by 0.8 per…
Nowadays, thousands of patents are protecting innovative products like the smartphone. Such growing patent thickets increasingly hinder the innovation process of national economies. For many firms, the patent…
Holger Bonin, head of research department at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), accepts a professorship for economics at the University of Kassel starting on October 1, 2012. The professorship…
Germany’s top office markets still register a slight upswing in 2012. For 2013, however, stagnation is expected. Vacancies, top rents and high yields will remain nearly constant. These are the findings of the…
In the context of the current economic crisis, Germany is often accused of generating a high current account surplus at the expense of other EU states. To reduce surplus growth, Germany is thus asked to…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) will host the kick-off meeting of the research project ENTRACTE (Economic iNsTRuments to Achieve Climate Targets in Europe) on 24 and 25 September, 2012.…
Economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) slightly declined in September. The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator dropped to a level of minus 14.6 points after a…
Economic expectations for Switzerland declined slightly by 1.6 points in September 2012. Thus, the ZEW-CS-Indicator of Economic Sentiment has hardly changed and hovers at the minus 34.9 points mark. The ZEW-CS…
