1. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    December 2009

    • CEE Indicator Declines – Economic Sentiment Remains Overall Positive
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Improved Current Economic Situation
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Decreasing Interest Rates Predicted
    • Spec…
  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2009

    2009-11

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call For Papers
      • Call for Papers: "Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets" (25. - 27. 03. 2010)
      • Call for Papers: ZEW Konferenz zum Thema "Platform Markets: Regulation and Competition Policy"…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-073 // 2009

    Fit and Complementarity – Cognitive Distance and Combined Competence as Predictors of Co-operative R&D Projects' Outcomes in Europe

    This article considers cognitive distance and combined competence as predictors of success in co-operative Research and Development (R&D) projects of firms. The concepts of cognitive distance and combined…

  4. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2009

    November 2009

    Prices for European Emission Allowances (EUAs) are seen in a range of 16.30 to 17.60 EUR until July 2010. Short-term price expectations are slightly higher compared to the last survey from June 2009. Long-term…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2009

    Dezember 2009

    • Deutsche Wirtschaft erholt sich nur langsam
    • EZB: Erste Anzeichen für das Auslaufen unkonventioneller Maßnahmen
    • USA: Baldige Anhebung der Leitzinsen weiterhin unwahrscheinlich
    • Japan: Kein Anlass für übertriebenen…
  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Macroeconomic of populism in Iran

    This paper uses the Dornbusch and Edwards (1990) analytical framework to investigate the macroeconomic populism in Iran under the Ahmadinejad government. My thesis endeavours to place the government of…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Illegal trade in the Iranian economy: evidence from structural equation model

    This study investigates the causes and consequences of import and export smuggling and estimates its relative size in Iran from 1970 to 2002. Multiple Indicators–Multiple Causes (MIMIC) modeling and trade…

  8. Refereed Journal // 2009

    The effects of oil price shocks on the Iranian economy

    The Iranian economy is highly vulnerable to oil price fluctuations. This paper analyzes the dynamic relationship between oil price shocks and major macroeconomic variables in Iran by applying a VAR approach. The…

  9. Refereed Journal // 2009

    The value of the last digit: statistical fraud detection with digit analysis

    Digit distributions are a popular tool for the detection of tax payers’ noncompliance and other fraud. In the early stage of digital analysis, Nigrini and Mittermaier (A J Pract Theory 16(2):52–67, 1997) made…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-072 // 2009

    Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions - An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed up Transitions to Employment?

    During the last two decades many countries have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of shifting labor market policies from passive benefit receipt towards increased job search and work requirements. As…

  11. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-071 // 2009

    Mobile Network Interconnection and Investments

    European mobile communication markets are two-stage markets which are composed of the infrastructure (the network and its components) and the service markets (telephony, mobile internet, SMS). In contrast to…