1. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2021

    Second Quarter 2021

    • Financing Indicator Back in Positive Territory
    • Strong Recovery Amongst Pandemic Losers
    • Mixed Outlook for the Real Estate Refinancing Markets
    • Lenders Remain Cautious in Terms of Hotel and Retail Properties
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-052 // 2021

    Corporate Carbon Reduction Pledges: An Effective Tool to Mitigate Climate Change?

    In the intensifying public debate about limiting the harmful effects of climate change, many global corporations have recently articulated so-called “net-zero” goals for reducing and ultimately eliminating their…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-051 // 2021

    Working From Home During COVID-19 and Beyond: Survey Evidence From Employers

    Based on survey responses from more than 1,700 managers in Germany, this study elicits employers’ perceptions of working from home during COVID-19 and their long-term expectations for the time after the…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2021

    Is There a Need for Reverse Mortgages in Germany? Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications

    Building up sufficient capital for old-age provision often is a challenge for private households. For homeowners, one way to generate old-age income from illiquid housing wealth is the use of equity release…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Intergenerational Transmission of Lockdown Consequences: Prognosis of the Longer-Run Persistence of COVID-19 in Latin America

    The shock on human capital caused by COVID-19 is likely to have long lasting consequences, especially for children of low-educated families. Applying a counterfactual exercise we project the effects of school…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2021

    Juli 2021

    • Lageeinschätzung verbessert sich erheblich
    • Euroraum: Konjunkturerwartungen sinken leicht
    • USA: Abwärtstrend des Konjunkturausblicks erneut bestätigt
    • China: Weiterhin an der Spitze unter den Volkswirtschaften
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-050 // 2021

    Dispelling the Shadow of Fiscal Dominance? Fiscal and Monetary Announcement Effects for Euro Area Sovereign Spreads in the Corona Pandemic

    We use event study regressions to compare the impact of EU monetary versus fiscal policy announcements on government bond spreads of ten euro member countries. Our motivation is to evaluate which of the two…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-049 // 2021

    The Strength of Weak and Strong Ties in Bridging Geographic and Cognitive Distances

    The proximity framework has attracted considerable attention in a scholarly discourse on the driving forces of knowledge exchange tie formation. It has been discussed that too much proximity is negatively…