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  1. Research // 29.04.2002

    ZEW Study on the Reform of Price Measurement Methods: Transparent Statistics Help Economic Policies Hit their Targets

    Is the growth rate in the United States in reality not much higher than the German growth rate? Is it possible that the German inflation rate is at a lower level than official statistics indicate?
  2. Research // 24.04.2002

    Service Providers in the Information Industry Often Provide Training in New IT Professions

    Service providers in the information industry place great value on training in new IT professions, such as IT specialists or IT-system electronics technicians. In total, around 40% of all turnover in this…
  3. Research // 24.04.2002

    Service Providers in the Information Economy Have an Optimistic Outlook

    In the first quarter of 2002, the annual growth rate in turnover of IT-related service providers grew by 3.5 per cent. Businesses also expect to see a positive development in returns and turnover in the second…
  4. Research // 16.04.2002

    Further Training Pays Off for Companies

    Providing further training is worthwhile, increasing a company's productivity. Company productivity rises by on average 0.3 per cent when the number of employees participating in furthering training programmes…
  5. Research // 16.04.2002

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment: Stabilization at a High Level

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment has slightly declined by -0.6 points in April. The index now stands at +70.6 points after standing at +71.2 in the previous month.
  6. Research // 26.03.2002

    Enron Accounting Scandal How vulnerable are DAX stocks?

    The bankruptcy of the US energy giant Enron shook global financial financial markets. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), at least three…
  7. Research // 19.03.2002

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment: Further Upward Leap

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment again rises sharply. The index now stands at +71.2 points, which is equivalent to an increase of +21.0.
  8. Research // 12.03.2002

    More Venture Capital for Companies through Riester Pensions

    From 2002 onwards, pension reforms in Germany will lead to billions of euros in capital flows which will continue to grow year on year. In 2002, when the first year state funding of private pension schemes is…
  9. Research // 06.03.2002

    European Single Market still not Fully Integrated with 5 Billion Euros in Unnecessary Fund Costs each Year

    European regionalism with its various differing national restrictions is still proving to be a barrier to the complete integration of the European Single Market in terms of financial services. And it's savers…
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