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The growth of the transport volume both in Germany and for international traffic will significantly decrease in the next six months. The slowdown of the economic upswing is now being felt in the transport…

The new seminar programme of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim has recently been published. From September 2011 until June 2012, ZEW offers numerous expert seminars on current issues…

The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) has declined significantly by 21.4 points in August 2011. The indicator which displays the…

According to the latest ZEW-CS-Indicator, economic expectations for Switzerland have diminished for the fourth month in a row. In August, the indicator plunged by 12.5 points to the minus 71.4-point mark, thus…

Video games reduce crime rates because they keep potential criminal offenders enthralled to their computer or gaming console. Thereby less time remains to commit crimes. These are the findings of a joint study…

During the coming years, there will be continuing pressure on the housing markets in the university cities of Baden-Württemberg. Especially in big university cities, mainly Stuttgart, Freiburg im Breisgau and…

Older employees assess the return of their training measures lower than younger employees in German companies. Although companies spend approximately the same amount of money per participant on the training of…

In Germany the exit from nuclear energy within ten years is possible. Due to the exit period chosen, there is no reason to fear power supply instabilities. However, the change in energy policy connected with…