Some EU member states try to attract investors with reduced corporate tax rates, which might lead to a harmful tax competition in the European Union (EU). For this reason, the introduction of a Europe-wide…
The KfW/ZEW CO2-Barometer, which was released for the first time today, reflects a dynamically growing market for CO2 certificates in Europe. The survey is based on the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…