This contribution empirically explores the drivers of labour market reform acceptance for the individual level in Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey…

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty…

• Switzerland: Gloomy Economic Situation, With Slightly Brighter Expectations
• Eurozone: Lower Interest Rate Environment Anticipated
• USA: Economy in a Drastic State of Health
• Japan: Economy Under Pressure
• Great…

Regulierung von spekulativem Handel am Ölmarkt nicht durchsetzbar

Energiewirtschaft

• Gasstreit zunächst ohne Folgen für Energieversorgung
• Versorgungssicherheit auf kurze Sicht stabil
• Langfristige Verschlechterung…

This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a com-parison of three groups of workers defined as…

About the ZEW Innovation Survey

• Since 1993, ZEW has been collecting data annually on the innovation behaviour in the German economy
• The Innovation Survey is carried out on behalf of Federal Ministry of…

• Positive Economic Development in the CEE Region Expected
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Economic Prospects Recover
• Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Stock Markets Hold Steady
• Special Question: EU Economic…

• Experten zeigen sich zuversichtlicher
• EZB: Europäische Zentralbank auf Zinssenkungskurs
• USA: US-Wirtschaft in desolatem Zustand
• Japan: Exportrückgang belastet die Konjunktur
• Großbritannien: Hoffnung auf…

This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's conduct of…