1. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2014

    June 2014

    • Switzerland's Economic Outlook Remains Stable Despite Temporary Setback
    • Inflation Pressure Recedes into the Distance
    • Stable Swiss Franc Against the Euro
    • Interest Rate Expectations Practically Unchanged
    • Stable Stock…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-031 // 2014

    Negotiating Weights for Burden Sharing Rules Among Heterogeneous Parties: Empirical Evidence from a Survey Among Delegates in International Climate Negotiations

    Given the vital and controversial debate on fairness concerns in international climate negotiations, the acceptance of a climate treaty may be fostered if the distribution of costs and benefits from global…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-030 // 2014

    Bigger Cakes with Less Ingredients? A Comparison of Material Use of the World Economy

    The amount of materials used worldwide in production and consumption increased by 56 per cent from 1995 to 2008. Using an index decomposition analysis based on the logarithmic mean divisia index, we investigate…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    The Future of the Energy Transition in Germany

    Although the goals of the country's energy transition (Energiewende)are widely accepted in Germany, the specific route to get there is itself a matter of great controversy. The individual measures that are part…

  5. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2014

    The Price Effects of Mergers in Airline Networks

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-029 // 2014

    The Impact of Parents Migration on the Well-Being of Children Left Behind – Initial Evidence from Romania

    Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration…