1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Introducing the “Leverage Ratio” in Assessing the Capital Adequacy of European Banks

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) disclosed the effect of losses in a stress test on bank capital ratios on 29 July 2016. We assess the capital adequacy of these banks based on these disclosures and using two…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    High time to tell European banks: No dividends

    In October 2014, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank did a comprehensive assessment of the balance sheets of the largest 123 banks in the Eurozone. They calculated a capital…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    The Wolves of Wall Street: Managerial Attributes and Bank Business Models

    We investigate the role of executive-specific attributes in explaining bank business models beyond pay-per-performance incentives. We decompose the variation in business models and show that idiosyncratic…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    What Do a Million Observations Have to Say About Loan Defaults? Opening the Black Box of Relationships

    Using a unique dataset of more than 1 million loans made by 296 German banks, we evaluate the impact of many aspects of customer–bank relationships on loan default rates. Banks need historical data about their…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-077 // 2016

    Innovation, Creative Destruction, and Structural Change: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-076 // 2016

    Employment Effects of Innovations over the Business Cycle: Firm-Level Evidence from European Countries

    A growing literature investigates how firms’ innovation input reacts to changes in the business cycle. However, so far there is no evidence whether there is cyclicality in the effects of innovation on firm…

  7. Expertises // 2016

    Tätigkeitswandel und Weiterbildungsbedarf in der digitalen Transformation

    Die Digitalisierung und Automatisierung der Wirtschaft schreiten immer weiter voran. Insbesondere die Vernetzung von IT- und Geschäftsprozessen (Industrie 4.0) ermöglicht immer neue Anwendungs- und…

  8. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    Dezember 2016

    • Ausgang der US-Wahl belastet die deutschen Konjunkturerwartungen nur wenig
    • Eurozone: Inflationserwartungen nehmen stark zu
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen nach Trump-Wahl fast unverändert
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick…
  9. ZEW policy brief No. 16-08 // 2016

    Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt

    Technological change is increasingly turning the value chain into an automated and digitalised process. The digitalisation and automation of manufacturing processes is characterised by the use of increasingly…

  10. M&A Report // 2016

    November/December 2016

    • Mergers and Acquisitions in Germany: M&A Index Hits Record High
    • M&A Transactions Decline in the IT Sector
    • Capital Gains Taxes Slow M&A Activities
    • Few Large-Scale Acquisitions in the US Telecommunications Market
  11. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2016

    December 2016

    • Analysts Expect Rising Share Prices and a Sluggish Economy
    • International Financial Market Data — Assessments and Expectations
    • Stock-Market Expectations Rise Significantly
    • Analysts Tend to Expect the Franc to…