1. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    July 2009

    • Indicator Back in Positive Territory
    • Eurozone: Most Experts Expect ECB to Hold Rates Steady in the Next Six Months
    • USA: Optimism Over the Future Economy Predominates
    • Great Britain: Slightly Brightening Economic…
  2. Expertises // 2009

    KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer 2009

    The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the first large-scale multi-national greenhouse gas (GHG) trading program and a central instrument of European climate policy. The EU ETS market is still young, but…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-034 // 2009

    Besteuerungsprinzipien und effektive Unternehmenssteuerbelastungen in der Europäischen Union

    The harmonisation of company taxation within the European Union is on the European Commission's agenda since a long time. An equal company tax burden across all EU member states would guarantee efficiency in…

  4. Expertises // 2009

    Zukunft der EU-Strukturpolitik

    Like all other policy fields and the revenue side, structural policies are subject to the current general review of the European budgetary system. Against this background this analysis considers dual and…

  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    July 2009

    • Economic Outlook for Central and Eastern Europe Strengthens
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Current Economic Situation Recovers
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Improved Stock Market Expectations
    • Special…
  6. ZEW Newsletter // 2009

    2009-06

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call For Papers
      • Call for Papers: Workshop "Das Potenzial von Social Software fuer Wissensbildung und wirtschaftliche Performance" (06.-07.11.2009)
    3. Personalia
    4. Presse
    5. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW-Finanzma…
  7. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Gewalt an Schulen - Determinanten und Auswirkungen

  8. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    School quality and educational outcomes in Europe

  9. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Peer effects in European primary schools: Evidence from PIRLS

    We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools, which we argue are formed roughly randomly. The estimates are much…