1. ZEW Annual Report // 2009

    2008

    Despite the recessive macro-economic situation and increasingly difficult conditions on national and international research markets, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim can look back on a…

  2. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    April 2009

    • Economic Expectations Hardly Changed
    • Eurozone: Interest Rates Fall to Historically Low Point
    • USA: Economy Continues to Shrink
    • Japan: Economic Expectations Remain Pessimistic
    • Great Britain: Expectations for the…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-016 // 2009

    Specialized Search and Innovation Performance – Evidence Across Europe

    Searching for external knowledge has frequently been characterized as crucial for firm success. However, little is known about how the direction of search strategies influences innovation performance. In this…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers

    There is ample anecdotal evidence that political influence might constitute a barrier to the integration of European banking markets. Based on a dataset on the transparency on the supervisory review process of…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-015 // 2009

    The Role of Structural Common and Country-Specific Shocks in the Business Cycle Dynamics of the G7 Countries

    The study analyses the business cycles of the G7 countries in a structural vector autoregression(SVAR) framework comprising output, nominal interest rate and inflation. Common and country-specific supply, demand…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-014 // 2009

    Occupational and Locational Substitution: Measuring the Effect of Occupational and Regional Mobility

    The paper analyzes effects of occupational and regional mobility on the matching rate using the monthly panel disaggregated on regional and occupational level. The main contribution of the paper is measuring…

  7. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2009

    Jahrgang 8, Nr. 4 , Dezember 2009

    Stimmung im Wirtschaftszweig hellt sich weiterhin auf

    Der ZEW-IDI, ein Stimmungsindikator für den Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft, erreicht im vierten Quartal 2009 einen Wert von 58,6…

  8. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2009

    Jahrgang 8, Nr. 1 , April 2009

    Wirtschaftskrise erreicht Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft

    Der ZEW-IDI, Stimmungsindikator für den Wirtschaftszweig Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft, fällt im ersten Quartal 2009 auf einen…

  9. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    FDI and Taxation - A Meta-Study

    Despite the continuing political interest in the usefulness of tax competition and tax coordination as well as the wealth of theoretical analyses, it still remains open whether or when tax competition is…