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  1. Research // 25.05.2009

    Willingness to Make a Donation Reacts Above all to Tax Incentives

    The higher the government's share in every Euro donated, the more generous German donors become. A raise in available income, however, has a considerably weaker effect on charitable donors' willingness to part…
  2. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 22.05.2009

    ZEW/Erste Group Bank Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Turn Positive Again

    The financial experts’ business outlook for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) improves by 9.9 points in May. Currently standing at 6.0 points, the ZEW/Erste Group Bank sentiment indicator CEE has turned positive…
  3. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 20.05.2009

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic Expectations on Upward Trend

    The economic expectations for Switzerland on a six-month horizon have brightened up once again in May. This reveals the Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out by the Centre for European Economic…
  4. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 19.05.2009

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Expectations Brighten Up Again

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany continued to improve in May 2009. The indicator rose by 18.1 points and now stands at 31.1 points after 13.0 points in the previous month. This is above its…
  5. Research // 12.05.2009

    Financial Crisis Might Boost the Consolidation of the Banking Sector

    Since the international financial market crisis has broken out, the impact of the state on the financial sector increases. Especially the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008…
  6. Dates and News // 11.05.2009

    Students Experience Research Firsthand at the ZEW

    A core task of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is to support young talents and to prepare them for the work in economics. On the 9th of May 2009, the ZEW invited very special talents under the…
  7. M&A Index // 29.04.2009

    ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A-Index - Slump in M&A activities in the first quarter of 2009

    Worldwide M&A activities have decreased considerably in the first quarter of 2009. The ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A-Index fell from 139 points in December 2008 to 108 points in March 2009. Thus, the index stands considerably…
  8. CEE Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 24.04.2009

    ZEW/Erste Group Bank Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Recovery of the economic expectations for the CEE area continues

    The economic outlook for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) keeps on recovering in April 2009. The CEE sentiment indicator, reflecting the surveyed analysts’ economic expectations on a six month time horizon…
  9. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 23.04.2009

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic expectations improve

    The Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse, reflects in April a less pessimistic assessment of the economic outlook…
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