1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-057 // 2007

    The Globalization of Tax Policy: What German Politicians Believe

    The process of globalization has an important impact on national tax policies. Most of the literature on taxation of capital in open economies does not focus directly on the political decision making process and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-058 // 2007

    The Accuracy and Efficiency of the Consensus Forecasts: A Further Application and Extension of the Pooled Approach

    In this paper we analyze the macroeconomic forecasts of the Consensus Forecasts for 12 countries over the period from 1996 to 2006 regarding bias and information efficiency. A pooled approach is employed which…

  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    October 2007

    • Economic Expectations Diminish Drastically
    • Eurozone: ECB Expected to Take a Wait-and-See Stance
    • USA: Noticeable Majority Forecasts Interest-Rate Cut
    • Japan: Economic Expectations Revised Downward
    • Great Britain: First…