In the fourth quarter 2008 the economic situation for businesses in the sector service providers of the information society slightly recovered. The ZEW-IDI, a sentiment indicator for this sector, rises by 1.8…
The dispute between Russia, a gas producer, and the Ukraine, a transit country for gas delivery, has had consequences in particular for Eastern European EU member states, and has shifted energy security to the…
Germany needs tax incentives for research and development (R&D) that provide non-bureaucratic R&D support without preference for certain technologies – this is the finding of a working group on R&D tax…
Wolfgang Franz, president of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and professor at the University of Mannheim, turns sixty-five on the 7th January 2009. He is known to the public as one of the five…
The economic development of many eurozone countries has been levelling up in the last few years. In particular large economies like Germany, France and Italy are increasingly in lockstep with the eurozone.
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Recipients of unemployment benefits II who are assisted by consortiums (ARGEs) are more likely to start a job covering their expenses. Licensed municipal institutions, however, are more successful in increasing…
The leading indices of the German and US stock markets, Dax and Dow Jones, will recover somewhat next year. This is the result of a survey among 250 financial market experts conducted by the Centre for European…
In early December, the European Union passed a regulation stipulating that new cars’ CO2 emissions be lowered by 12 grams/km by 2015. Today, a stricter goal as of 2020 is already being discussed. This is a…
The recession does not stop at Germany’s borders, and many Germans have lost their jobs. In times of economic weakness, employers blame applicants’ unemployment on the economic situation, instead of blaming…
