1. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2009

    Januar/ Februar 2009

    Regulierung von spekulativem Handel am Ölmarkt nicht durchsetzbar

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Gasstreit zunächst ohne Folgen für Energieversorgung
    • Versorgungssicherheit auf kurze Sicht stabil
    • Langfristige Verschlechterung…
  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Wage convergence and inequality after unification: (East) Germany in transition

    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…

  3. ZEW-Innovationserhebung // 2009

    2008

    About the ZEW Innovation Survey

  4. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    February 2009

    • 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…
  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2009

    Februar 2009

    • Experten zeigen sich zuversichtlicher
    • EZB: Europäische Zentralbank auf Zinssenkungskurs
    • USA: US-Wirtschaft in desolatem Zustand
    • Japan: Exportrückgang belastet die Konjunktur
    • Großbritannien: Hoffnung auf…
  6. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Monetary Policy Implementation and the Federal Funds Rate

    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…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-002 // 2009

    Host Country Contingencies on Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinational Firms – Bring a Knife to a Gunfight?

    International knowledge spillovers, especially through multinational companies (MNCs), have recently been a major topic of the academic and management discussion. However, most studies treat MNC subsidiaries…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-001 // 2009

    Interactions of Reduced Deforestation and the Carbon Market: The Role of Market Regulations and Future Commitments

    Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has been proposed as a potentially inexpensive and plentiful source of emission abatement to supplement other longterm climate policies. However,…