1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-010 // 2013

    Corporate Taxation and the Quality of Research and Development

    In this paper, we analyze the impact of corporate taxation on the location of corporate R&D activity. It is well known that corporate taxes negatively impact on the quantity of corporate R&D investment. Our…

  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2013

    2013-02

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • 15th ZEW Summer Workshop - Current Fiscal Policy Challenges in Europe (July 02-05, 2013)
      • 5th ReCapNet Conference "Real Estate Markets and Capital Markets" (October 18-19, 2013)
    3. Staff
      • Vi…
  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2013

    März 2013

    • Zuversicht der Experten nimmt weiter zu
    • EZB: Inflationserwartungen bleiben konstant
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen verbessert
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen weiter im Aufwind
    • Großbritannien: Lageeinschätzung etwas…
  4. Expertises // 2013

    Adaptation to Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean

    Adaptation to climate change in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries is particularly relevant because of the strong expected effects on the region and the sensitivity of important sectors like…

  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2013

    February 2013

    • Strong Increase of Economic Sentiments for Central and Eastern Europe
    • Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the Eurozone
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Bullish Stock Market Sentiments
    • Croatia,…
  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2013

    March 2013

    • Economic Outlook for Switzerland: 32-Month High
    • Current Economic Situation: Stable Assessment
    • Inflation Expectations: Gradually Rising
    • Interest Rates: Creeping up
    • Stock Market: Expectations Broadly Unchanged
    • Swiss…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-009 // 2013

    Competitive Procurement Design: Evidence from Regional Passenger Railway Services in Germany

    A major reform of the German regional passenger railway services was established with the so called Regionalisierungsgesetz in 1996. As a consequence, regional passenger railway services have been procured by…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-008 // 2013

    How Can Pure Social Discounting be Ethically Justified?

    The evaluation of long-term eects of climate change in cost-benet analysis has a long tradition in environmental economics. Since the publication of the Stern Review in 2006 the debate about the "appropriate"…