1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-037 // 2011

    Fiscal Stimulus and Distortionary Taxation

    We quantify the fiscal multipliers in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. We extend the benchmark Smets-Wouters (Smets and Wouters, 2007) New Keynesian model, allowing for…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-036 // 2011

    Unmasking the Porter Hypothesis: Environmental Innovations and Firm-Profitability

    Environmental regulation. What economists usually associate with these words are barriers to competitiveness. The association of Porter (1991) and Porter and van der Linde (1995) is a different one. By relying…

  3. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2011

    Nr. 2 (Juni) - 2011

    • Deutschland auf stabilem Kurs
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Maiumfrage 2011
    • Verschlechterung der Geschäftslage trübt die Stimmung im Wirtschaftszweig
    • Zur Stabilität des Spendenaufkommens bei…
  4. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2011

    June 2011

    • Financial Experts Expect Slowdown of Favourable Economic Situation
    • Eurozone: Declining Inflation Expectations
    • USA: Economic Outlook Appears Less Optimistic
    • Japan: Assessments of Economy Improve from Low Level
    • Great…
  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2011

    June 2011

    • Stable Economic Expectations for CEE - Inflationary Risk Concerns Decline
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Improved Situation and Outlook
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Relaxed Inflation Concerns
    • Turkey:…
  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2011

    Juni 2011

    • Deutschland: Lage erreicht Allzeithoch
    • EZB: Experten rechnen mit weiteren Zinserhöhungenn
    • USA: Lageeinschätzung trübt sich ein
    • Japan: Erwartungen stark verbessert
    • Großbritannien: Enttäuschende Konjunkturlage
    • Sonderfr…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-035 // 2011

    Ex-post Assessment of Merger Effects: The Case of Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003)

    The pharmaceutical industry has recently experienced numerous mergers and acquisitions. The number of studies which investigate the effects of pharmaceutical mergers is, however, rather limited. This paper…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-034 // 2011

    The Effects of the Block Exemption Regulation Reform on the Swiss Car Market

    In 2002, the Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) introduced a Notice on the Competitive Treatment of Vertical Restraints in Automobile Trade (‘Car Notice’). The objective of the Car Notice has been to…