1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-001 // 2010

    What Lures Cross-Border Venture Capital Inflows?

    The change in the business model of venture capitalists from investing locally towards investing across borders started to intensify in the late 1990s. Compared to domestic investments, cross-border investments…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2010

    Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

    Recent theoretical work has been able to explain how even within narrowly defined industries, firms can exhibit heterogeneous degrees of participation in international commerce. Differences in productivity…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-004 // 2010

    Further Evidence on the (In-) Efficiency of the U.S. Housing Market

    Research in real estate finance and economics has been dealing with the topic of efficiency in the U.S. housing market for over 25 years. However, most recent research either examines local markets based on…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-003 // 2010

    Female Labor Force Participation and the Big Five

    In this paper, we analyze the role of personality traits for female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-002 // 2010

    Corporate Governance and Current Regulation in the German Banking Sector: An Overview and Assessment

    The recent financial crisis has put the German banking sector under enormous pressure. Besides the macroeconomic drivers like, for example, the expansionary monetary policy in major countries, insufficient risk…

  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2010

    January 2010

    • Switzerland: Economic Expectations Diminish Marginally
    • Eurozone: Economic Situation Looks Somewhat Less Weak
    • USA: Hardly any Change in Economic Expectations
    • Japan: Inflation Expectations Continue to Decline
    • Great…
  7. Financial Market Report CEE // 2010

    January 2010

    • Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Recover
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Economic Expectations Improve
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Economic Outlook Brightens Up
    • Special Question: Impact…
  8. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2010

    Januar 2010

    • Konjunktur bessert sich nur allmählich
    • EZB: Erste Exit-Maßnahmen werden konkretisiert
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen nehmen erneut ab
    • Japan: Wirtschaftliche Perspektive verschlechtert sich deutlich
    • Großbritannien:…