1. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2015

    February 2015

    • SNB Decision Punctures Market Expectations
    • Assessment of Current State of US Economy at Historically High Level
  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Access to research inputs: open science versus the entrepreneurial university

    The viability of modern open science norms and practices depends on public disclosure of new knowledge, methods, and materials. However, increasing industry funding of research can restrict the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-005 // 2015

    A Note on How to Realize the Full Potential of the EU-SILC Data

    The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a rotational panel provided by Eurostat that covers variables with a high potential for comparative European labour market and social…

  4. Expertises // 2015

    Automatic Stabilizers in the Eurozone: Analysis of their Effectiveness at the Member State and Euro Area Level and in International Comparison

    We analyze the effectiveness of fiscal policy in general and automatic stabilizers in particular to stabilize output in Eurozone member states under the current institutional framework of fiscal governance.…

  5. ZEW Documentation No. 15-01 // 2015

    Final Report on Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for the Evaluation of the Market Stability Reserve

    Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are wide-spread tools for policy evaluation in the national and international context. They typically feature a detailed representation of productive industries and…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2015

    The Determinants of Private Flood Mitigation Measures in Germany - Evidence from a Nationwide Survey

    Public flood protection cannot eliminate totally the risk of flooding. Hence, private mitigation measures which proactively protect homes from being flooded or reduce flood damage are an essential part of modern…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-004 // 2015

    How Do Drug Prices Respond to a Change from External to Internal Reference Pricing? Evidence from a Danish Regulatory Reform

    We study the effects of a change in the way patient reimbursements are calculated on the prices of pharmaceuticals using quasi-experimental data for Denmark which switched from external (where reimbursements are…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-003 // 2015

    The Impact of Alternative Public Policies on the Deployment of New Communications Infrastructure – A Survey

    Our survey reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on all alternative policies to promote the deployment of new fiber-based communications infrastructure. Since such investment is expected to induce…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-002 // 2015

    Candidate Screening for the Recruitment of Critical Research and Development Workers – A Report and Preliminary Results with Evidence from Experimental Data from German High-Tech Firms

    The report focuses on résumé-based screening strategies for the recruitment of highly qualified research and development (R&D) workers (critical R&D workers) in high-tech firms. We investigate which kinds of…