1. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2011

    Juli 2011

    • Deutlicher Rückgang der Erwartungen
    • EZB: Inflationserwartungen der Experten gesunken
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen trüben sich ein
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen hellen sich auf
    • Großbritannien: Inflationserwartungen…
  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2011

    2011-06

    1. News
    2. Staff
      • Awards
      • Visiting Researchers
    3. Press Releases
    4. Recent Publications
      • Financial Market Report Switzerland
      • Financial Market Report CEE
      • Discussion Papers
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW Gruendungsreport (ZEW Report on Firm Foundations)
      • ZEW…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-040 // 2011

    The Impact of Informational Costs in Quantity Regulation of Pollutants: The Case of the European Emissions Trading Scheme

    The Kyoto Protocol mandates a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to countervail climate change. As a consequence, the EU has introduced the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to achieve a reduction of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-039 // 2011

    An Economic Analysis of Online Streaming: How the Music Industry Can Generate Revenues from Cloud Computing

    Music can be characterized as an information good and is therefore amenable to digitalization and copying through online sharing networks. Chances and risks arise from digitalization for the producers and right…

  5. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2011

    1. Quartal 2011

    ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Nachholeffekt im Güterverkehr nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise schwächt sich ab

    Der auch im Güterverkehr zu beobachtende "Nachholeffekt" nach der…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Oil Revenue Shocks and Government Spending Behavior in Iran

    Oil revenues play an important role in the political economy of Iran. On average, 60% of the Iranian government revenues and 90% of export revenues originate from oil and gas resources. Current international…

  7. M&A Report // 2011

    June 2011

    • Revitalisation of the German M&A Market
    • China‘s Interest in the Financial Sector Undimmed
    • Merger Plans of Stock Exchange Operators
    • Takeover Rumours at ProSiebenSat.1
    • Cartel Collapses and M&A Activity
    • Private Equity…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-038 // 2011

    Religion and the Shadow Economy

    Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards. This contribution focuses on religion’s possible impact on the size of the shadow economy.…