1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-011 // 2010

    Are We Spending Too Many Years in School? Causal Evidence of the Impact of Shortening Secondary School Duration

    In international comparison, German university graduates are elder on average when they enter the labor market. Apart from the longer duration time of study at university, one fundamental reason is the long…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-010 // 2010

    Entry and Competition in Freight Transport: The Case of a Prospective Transalpine Rail Link Between France and Italy

    The Alps have long posed challenges to European transport infrastructure planners. Overcoming this immense bottleneck is only possible via arduous travels across high-altitude Alpine passes or through road and…

  3. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2010

    Januar/Februar 2010

    Energieeffizienzpolitik in der Kritik

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Stabile Versorgungssicherheit im Jahr 2010
    • Kaum Versorgungsprobleme 2009
    • Langfristig Unsicherheiten bei der Öl- und Gasversorgung

    Energiepreise

    • Kurzfristig…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-009 // 2010

    The Aggregate Le Chatelier Samuelson Principle with Cournot Competition

    In a market in which firms have market power, the impact of a change in wages on labour demand is not easily determined. Indeed, if after a decrease in wages one firm chooses to increase labour demand for…

  5. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2010

    1. Quartal 2010

    ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Stabile bis moderat steigende Preise erwartet

    In den meisten Verkehrszweigen der deutschen Transportwirtschaft ist im nächsten halben Jahr mit einer Zunahme…