1. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2009

    April 2009

    • Experten sind erneut gelassener
    • EZB: Zinsen auf historischem Tiefstand
    • USA: US-Wirtschaft schrumpft weiter
    • Japan: Neues milliardenschweres Konjunkturpaket geplant
    • Großbritannien: Inflationserwartungen nehmen erneut…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-013 // 2009

    What's Driving Sustainable Energy Consumption? A Survey of the Empirical Literature

    The focus of the paper is on the individual decision of energy consumers, and it's relation to sustainable consumption. Consumer behavior is based on individual decisions, but it depends largely on supply-side…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-012 // 2009

    Earnings of Men and Women in Firms with a Female Dominated Workforce - What Drives the Impact of Sex Segregation on Wages?

    This study analyzes the relationship between the segregation of women across establishments and the salaries paid to men and women. My aim is to separate the impact the proportion of women working within an…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-011 // 2009

    What Drives the Efficiency of Hard Coal Fuelled Electricity Generation? An Empirical Assessment

    The efficiency of electricity generation in hard coal fired power plants varies considerably from country to country and over time. These differences occur both between developing and developed countries and…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2009

    The Dispersion and Development of Consumer Preferences for Genetically Modified Food - A Meta-Analysis

    This paper presents a meta-analysis of 51 primary studies reporting a total of 114 genetically modified food valuation estimates. Results indicate that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies…