Footballers, whose nomination for their national team is uncertain, are substantially more motivated in the months approaching a world cup or European championship than players certain of their nomination.…
ZEW together with the University of Mannheim and Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft publishes Report on the German Real Estate Economy from Macroeconomic Perspective. The report is the first to show the markets…
In the face of climate change, power stations in Europe are likely to increasingly reduce their energy production in the future. On the basis of global warming, which also causes heat waves and droughts in…
Worldwide activities in mergers and acquisitions have continued to decrease considerably in the second quarter of 2009. In May, the ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A-Index reached an all-time low of 92 points. Thus, the index was…
Ernst-O. Schulze, longtime Director of Business and Administration at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, celebrates his 70th birthday on 23 July 2009.
There is yet no proof of a shortage of bank credits for German firms. On the contrary, the credit volume in Germany, without credits for the German government and among banks, has increased slightly but…
After the upward trend of the business forecast for the CEE region in the previous six months, the financial experts have adjusted their expectations downwards in July. The CEE sentiment indicator loses 16.4…
According to the Financial Market Survey Switzerland, economic expectations diminished somewhat in July. In the wake of continuously climbing in the first half of 2009, the relevant ZEW/ Credit Suisse indicator…
