1. Expertises // 2013

    Perspectives in Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

    This policy paper focuses on the sustainable management of some key natural resources in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) under climate change and anthropogenic pressures. In a…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2013

    April 2013

    • Finanzmarktexperten bleiben optimistisch
    • EZB: Inflationserwartungen bleiben konstant
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen nahezu unverändert
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen legen weiter zu
    • Großbritannien: Konjunkturlage bleibt…
  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2013

    April 2013

    • Economic Outlook for Switzerland: Stabilizing Close to Zero
    • Current Economic Situation: Stable Assessment
    • Inflation Expectations: Majority Expects Stable Inflation
    • Interest Rates: Impact of Italian Elections?
    • Stock…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-016 // 2013

    Sovereign Risk Premia: The Link Between Fiscal Rules and Stability Culture

    The credibility crisis regarding the sustainability of public debt has transformed the markets for government bonds in the Euro area. A new sensitivity of creditors for the risk of sovereign default has pushed…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-015 // 2013

    The Effect of Patent Litigation on Firm Performance – Evidence for Germany

    While the benefits of patents for society as well as for patentees have extensively been studied in the theoretical and empirical economics of innovation literature, researchers in recent years have more and…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-014 // 2013

    The Effects of Public Spending Composition on Firm Productivity

    Good policy advice, in addition to requiring sound theoretical frameworks to identify growthenhancing fiscal reforms, also needs a reliable evidence base. Much of this evidence base has traditionally come from…