1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-045 // 2009

    The European Commission and EUA Prices: A High-Frequency Analysis of the EC's Decisions on Second NAPs

    This paper investigates price formation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The aim of the paper is to know what is happening to the European Union Allowance (EUA) price, when new…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-044 // 2009

    Decreasing Wage Mobility in Germany

    Cross-section inequality increased in the last decade in Germany. Wage mobility can at least partly offset the increase in cross-section inequality and thus leads to a better understanding of inequality and…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    The cost of climate change in the German fruit sector

    This paper applies the concept of damage coefficients introduced in Houba and Kremers (2008) to provide an estimate of the cost of climate change - in particular the cost of changes in mean regional…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Environmental damage and price taking behaviour by firms and consumer

    Integrated assessment models lack a microeconomic foundation in modelling environmental damages to the economy. To overcome this, damage coefficients are incorporated in standard microeconomic models. Firms…

  5. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2009

    2. Quartal 2009

    Deutsches Transportgewerbe hat die konjunkturelle Talsohle erreicht

    Das deutsche Transportgewerbe scheint im zweiten Quartal 2009 die konjunkturelle Talsohle erreicht zu haben. Für das zweite Halbjahr 2009…

  6. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    September 2009

    • Economic expectations for the CEE region improve considerably
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Optimism about business prospects
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Clearly improved economic outlook
    • Special…
  7. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    September 2009

    • Economic Expectations Improve Again
    • Eurozone: Optimism Over the economy and Rising Interest Rate Expectations
    • USA: Analysts Are Upbeat
    • Great Britain: Specialists Expect no Change in Benchmark Rate
    • Japan: Brightening…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-043 // 2009

    Wage Insurance within German Firms: Do Institutions Matter?

    Drawing on a large-scale German Linked Employer- Employee data set, this paper studies the extent to which employers insure workers against firm-level shocks. Particular emphasis is given to the question of…

  9. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2009

    Nr. 3 (September) - 2009

    • Der Absturz in Deutschland ist gestoppt
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2009
    • Unternehmen des Wirtschaftszweigs vorsichtig optimistisch
    • Langfristige Diversifikationseffekte an den…
  10. Non-Refereed Journal // 2009

    Mikroökonomische Wirkungs- und Effizienzanalyse: Ergebnisse aus dem Untersuchungsfeld 3

    This article summarizes the results of the evaluation of the Experimentation Clause in § 6c SGB II. In particular, it compares the success of consortia and municipal authorities to activate welfare recipients.