1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-043 // 2006

    Evaluating Conditional Asset Pricing Models for the German Stock Market

    We study the performance of conditional asset pricing models in explaining the German cross-section of stock returns. Our test assets are portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market as in the paper by Fama and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-024 // 2006

    Continuing Vocational Training in Germany – A Comparative Study Using 3 German Data Sets

    Empirical work on continuing training in Germany provides surprisingly divergent evidence on the incidence of training. This makes comparison of econometric analyses of the impact of training on labour market…