1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-036 // 2009

    Ethnic Diversity and Attitudes Towards Redistribution: A Review of the Literature

    There is a large literature on the costs and benefits of immigration within a given system of social security. More recently, economists have begun to address a related question: does immigration and, more…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-035 // 2009

    15 Years of Pension Reform in Germany: Old Successes and New Threats

    Germany still has a generous pay-as-you-go public pension insurance with high effective replacement rates and low effective retirement ages. Nevertheless, through a long reform process that began in 1992, the…

  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    July 2009

    • Indicator Back in Positive Territory
    • Eurozone: Most Experts Expect ECB to Hold Rates Steady in the Next Six Months
    • USA: Optimism Over the Future Economy Predominates
    • Great Britain: Slightly Brightening Economic…
  4. Expertises // 2009

    KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer 2009

    The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the first large-scale multi-national greenhouse gas (GHG) trading program and a central instrument of European climate policy. The EU ETS market is still young, but…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-034 // 2009

    Besteuerungsprinzipien und effektive Unternehmenssteuerbelastungen in der Europäischen Union

    The harmonisation of company taxation within the European Union is on the European Commission's agenda since a long time. An equal company tax burden across all EU member states would guarantee efficiency in…

  6. Expertises // 2009

    Zukunft der EU-Strukturpolitik

    Like all other policy fields and the revenue side, structural policies are subject to the current general review of the European budgetary system. Against this background this analysis considers dual and…

  7. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    July 2009

    • Economic Outlook for Central and Eastern Europe Strengthens
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Current Economic Situation Recovers
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Improved Stock Market Expectations
    • Special…
  8. ZEW Newsletter // 2009

    2009-06

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call For Papers
      • Call for Papers: Workshop "Das Potenzial von Social Software fuer Wissensbildung und wirtschaftliche Performance" (06.-07.11.2009)
    3. Personalia
    4. Presse
    5. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW-Finanzma…
  9. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Gewalt an Schulen - Determinanten und Auswirkungen