1. M&A Report // 2007

    May 2007

    • High dynamism in M&A activity in Asia
    • BRIC countries catching up
    • Significant increase in transaction values
    • Pharmaceuticals: market leaders under pressure
    • M&A in central and eastern Europe slowly declining
    • Which…
  2. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    May 2007

    • Economic Expectations Brighten up Again
    • Eurozone: Favorable Economy Amid Dangers of Inflation
    • USA: Concerns Surrounding the Economic Trend Continue to Linger
    • Japan: Fewer Survey Respondents Expect an Interest-Rate…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-030 // 2007

    Lost in Transmission? Stock Market Impacts of the 2006 European Gas Crisis

    Around the turn of the year 2005/2006, the Russian freezing of natural gas exports to the Ukraine led to a European gas crisis. Using event study technique, we first investigate whether the Russian…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-028 // 2007

    Heterogeneity of Patenting Activity and Its Implications for Scientific Research

    The increasing commercialization of university discoveries has initiated a controversy on the impacts for future scientific research. It has been argued that an increasing orientation towards commercialization…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-029 // 2007

    Is the Welfare State Self-destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale

    Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus…

  6. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2007

    1. Quartal 2007

    Preisauftrieb in der Transportwirtschaft schwächt sich ab

    Die verladende Wirtschaft muss in Deutschland weiterhin mit steigenden Preisen rechnen, der Preisauftrieb wird sich im kommenden halben Jahr allerdings…