1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-054 // 2008

    Linking CGE and Microsimulation Models: A Comparison of Different Approaches

    In the paper we describe in detail how to build linked CGE-microsimulation models (using fictitious data) following three main approaches: one in accordance with the fully integrated approach and the other two…

  2. Financial Market Report CEE // 2008

    August 2008

    • Downward movement of the Economic Expectations for CEE Slows Down
    • Poland and Slovakia: Economic Expectations Keep on Recovering
    • Economic Expectations for Croatia Improve Significantly
    • Special Question: Credit…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-053 // 2008

    The Impact of Trust on Reforms

    In a constantly changing economic environment a country's ability to undertake institutional reforms is crucial to maintain economic growth and to promote the welfare of its citizens. A wide range of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-052 // 2008

    Innovation on Demand - Can Public Procurement Drive Market Success of Innovations

    Public procurement has been at the centre of recent discussions on innovation policy on both European and national levels (e.g., Aho-Report, Barcelona Strategy). It has a large potential to stimulate…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2008

    August 2008

    • Konjunkturelle Dynamik lässt nach
    • EZB: Auch nach dem Zinsschritt bleiben Inflationsrisiken
    • USA: Experten erwarten Zinserhöhungen durch die Fed
    • Japan: Tankan-Bericht zeichnet trübes Bild der Konjunktur
    • Großbritannien…
  6. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2008

    Soziale Ungleichheit von Geisteswissenschaftlern im Beruf

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-051 // 2008

    The Impact of Intergovernmental Grants on Cost Efficiency: Theory and Evidence from German Municipalities

    In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost effciency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution…