1. Stock Option Watch // 2016

    February 2009

    • Performance-Oriented Compensation Models for Executives
    • Opting Out Helps to Avoid Unwelcome Transparency of Executives' Pay
    • Incentive Systems for Credit Portfolio Managers and Executives
    • Does the Market Value…
  2. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2016

    Januar/Februar 2016

    • Experten erwarten erst mittelfristig wieder steigende Energiepreise
    • Versorgungssicherheit: Lage entspannt sich
  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    März 2016

    • Konjunkturerwartungen weiter rückläufig
    • Eurozone: Zinserwartungen sinken deutlich
    • USA: Konjunktureller Pessimismus nimmt zu
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick trübt sich weiter ein
    • Großbritannien: Deutlicher Rückgang der…
  4. ZEW policy brief No. 16-02 // 2016

    Europe’s Digital Future: Focus on Key Priorities

    Customised products and services, flexible working arrangements, productivity growth, and increasing prosperity – these are just some of the advantages promised by a digitised and connected economy. Business…

  5. Expertises // 2016

    Ex-Post Evaluation of the Impact of Restructuring Aid Decisions on the Viability of Aided (Non-financial) Firms

    Financial distress and market exit play a key role in ensuring an efficient allocation and may also have negative social and economic consequences like loss of employment and output in particular areas, loss of…

  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2016

    March 2016

    • Swiss Economic Outlook Remains Muted
    • International Financial Market Data — Assessments and Expectations
    • Interest-Rate Cuts in Europe not Ruled out
    • Stable USD/CHF Exchange Rate Expected
    • Stock-Price Expectations…
  7. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Syndication, Interconnectedness, and Systemic Risk

    Syndication increases the overlap of bank loan portfolios and makes them more vulnerable to contagious effects. We develop a novel measure of bank interconnectedness using syndicated corporate loans.…

  8. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Government Guarantees and Bank Risk Taking Incentives

    This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2016

    The Total Costs of Corporate Borrowing in the Loan Market: Don't Ignore the Fees

    More than 80% of U.S. syndicated loans contain at least one fee type and contracts typically specify a menu of spreads and fee types. We test the predictions of existing theories on the main purposes of fees and…