1. Financial Market Report CEE // 2010

    November 2010

    • Inclusion of Turkey into the Survey for Central and Eastern Europe
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Increasing Interest Rates Expected
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Cautious Evaluation of the Situation
    • Turkey…
  2. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2010

    November 2010

    • Economic Outlook Switzerland: Expectations Deteriorate Significantly
    • Eurozone: Economic Outlook Deteriorates Again
    • USA: Inflation Expectations Diminish
    • Japan: Economic Prospects Unchanged
    • Great Britain: Further…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-079 // 2010

    Pollution Exposure and Infant Health: Evidence from Germany

    Almost all western industrialized countries have introduced some measures for pollution abatement that are supposed to promote health. Our analysis focuses on the impact of pollution exposure on infant health,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-078 // 2010

    Do Direct R&D Subsidies Lead to the Monopolization of R&D in the Economy?

    The market for R&D is subject to market failure which leads to an underprovision of R&D from a social point of view. This gives rise for governmental intervention in the market for R&D. For decades, the…

  5. ZEW Newsletter // 2010

    2010-10

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call For Papers
      • Call for Papers: SEEK Kick-Off Konferenz "Intelligentes Wachstum mit Wissen und Innovationen" (Going for Smart Growth with Knowledge and Innovations) (4.-5. Maerz 2011, Mannheim)
      • C…
  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2010

    November 2010

    • Erwartungen nahezu unverändert
    • EZB: Experten sehen stabile Geldpolitik in der Eurozone
    • USA: Finanzmarktexperten halten an pessimistischer Einschätzung fest
    • Japan: Experten rechnen mit einer Abwertung des Yen…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-077 // 2010

    The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions

    Training programs are an important tool of active labor market policy in Germany as in many other countries. There exist different types of training programs, but also important heterogeneities within a given…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-076 // 2010

    Pension Funds' Performance in Strongly Regulated Industries in Central Europe: Evidence from Poland and Hungary

    Following the proposal of the World Bank in the end of the 1990s, a number of Central European countries have extended their pay-as-you-go pension systems by a capital-market-based element in the form of…

  9. ICT Report // 2010

    2010

    Interaktiv, mobil, international – Unternehmen im Zeitalter von Web 2.0

    Web 2.0-Anwendungen wie Facebook und Twitter haben sich als Informations- und Kommunikationsmedien im privaten Bereich schon längst…