1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-060 // 2008

    The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Evidence from Stock Markets

    By means of an event study of stock market reactions to the announcement of the Olympic Games host cities, we find a significant and positive announcement effect of hosting the Summer Games, with a cumulative…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-059 // 2008

    EU Emission Allowances and the Stock Market: Evidence from the Electricity Industry

    This paper constitutes – to our best knowledge – the first econometric analysis on stock market effects of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Our results suggest that EU Emission Allowance (EUA) price…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-058 // 2008

    A Lead Market Approach Towards the Emergence and Diffusion of Coal-fired Power Plant Technology

    Today, more than 70% of the world's total electricity production is supplied by power plants using conventional fossil fuels. Coal accounts for more than half of the fossil fuel combustion in electricity plants.…

  4. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2008

    September 2008

    • Konjunkturerwartungen verbessert
    • EZB: Sinkender Ölpreis vermindert Druck auf die Zentralbank
    • USA: Entspannung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt verbessert Lageeinschätzung
    • Japan: Weltweite Konjunktureintrübung erfasst auch…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-057 // 2008

    Unemployment Persistence: Is There Evidence for Stigma Effects?

    We present evidence for a highly significant interaction between state dependence in individual unemployment risk and the business cycle. The disadvantage from having been unemployed in the previous period is…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-056 // 2008

    Wirkung und Effizienz von Strafrecht: "Was geht?" - bei jungen Gewalttätern?

    Based on a theoretical framework on custodial and non-custodial sentencing, the paper provides econometric tests on the effectiveness of police, public prosecution and courts. Using a unique dataset covering…

  7. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 40 // 2008

    Reform Options for the EU Own Resource System

    This study develops a reform proposal for the future revenue system of the EU budget. The findings strongly reject the idea that a reform based on an EU tax-based own resource would remedy current problems. …

  8. Expertises // 2008

    Study on Ship Management in Cyprus and in the European Union

    The vital importance of maritime transport has already been recognised in the White Paper of the European Commission on European transport policy as well as in the Community guidelines on State aid to maritime…