1. M&A Report // 2019

    November/December 2019

    • German M&A Market in Distress
    • Brexit Hampers M&A Activity with the UK
    • Transactions in European Real Estate and Housing Fall Sharply
    • The European Steel Sector Is Still Waiting for the Next Big Consolidation
  2. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2019

    November 2019

    • Economic Sentiment for China Continues to Rise Slightly: CEP Indicator Rises to a New Reading of Minus 3.9 Points
    • 39 analysts participated in the November survey, which was conducted during the period 5 – 13…
  3. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2019

    3. Quartal 2019

    • Informationswirtschaft wieder im Aufwind
    • Digitalisierung in der Informationswirtschaft nicht nur effizienzgeleitet
  4. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2019

    Dezember 2019

    • Wirtschaftspolitische Hoffnungen beflügeln Konjunkturerwartungen
    • Eurozone: Konjunkturerwartungen steigen deutlich
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen hellen sich sichtlich auf
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen erholen…
  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    Conceptual and political foundations for examining the interaction between nature and economy

    The aim of this paperis to contribute toan innovative agenda in the field of Environmental Economics. The paper focusses on a conceptual and political perspective on the interactions between nature and…

  6. ZEW policy brief No. 19-07 // 2019

    Wärmewende im Gebäudesektor: Lasst den CO2-Preis wirken

    More than 80 per cent of the individual energy consumption of households in Germany is used for heating and hot water. Since the majority of installed heating systems still run on fossil fuels, the buildings…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-049 // 2019

    The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany

    We investigate the long-run effects of government surveillance on civic capital and economic performance, studying the case of the Stasi in East Germany. Exploiting regional variation in the number of spies and…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-048 // 2019

    Do Job Creation Schemes Improve the Social Integration and Well-Being of the Long-Term Unemployed?

    In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-047 // 2019

    Bank Mergers in the Financial Crisis – A Competition Policy Perspective

    We analyze a large merger in the Dutch banking market during the financial crisis using disaggregated data. Based on a merger simulation model, we evaluate merger-induced changes in the interest rates for…