1. Financial Market Report CEE // 2010

    February 2010

    • Economic Expectations for CEE Remain Optimistic
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Current Economic Conditions Recover
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Clearly Improved Economic Outlook
    • Special Question: Optimal…
  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2010

    2010-01

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call For Papers
      • Call for Papers: Zweite ReCapNet Konferenz: "Immobilienmaerkte und Kapitalmaerkte" (11.-12. Oktober 2010)
      • Call for Papers: 8. Workshop des (PhD) Student Chapters der GEE am ZEW (7.…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-008 // 2010

    Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany

    Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, the present paper studies whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-007 // 2010

    You Can't Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

    This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se for a couple's risk of separation. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-006 // 2010

    Stability and Explanatory Power of Inequality Aversion – An Investigation of the House Money Effect

    Theories of fairness preferences have gained remarkable attention throughout much of recent economic literature. Formal models have been proposed which are able to explain behaviour that is yet unexplained by…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-005 // 2010

    Spatial Model Selection and Spatial Knowledge Spillovers: A Regional View of Germany

    Knowledge and technological change are often assumed to be the driving forces for long run economic growth. Regions with a higher level of knowledge compared to other regions exhibit a higher per-capita income…

  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2010

    Februar 2010

    • Erholung verlangsamt sich etwas
    • EZB: Experten erwarten zunehmend eine Normalisierung der Geldpolitik
    • USA: Experten bewerten die Konjunkturlage deutlich besser
    • Japan: Auslandsnachfrage und Konjunkturprogramme…
  8. 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…

  9. 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…

  10. 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…

  11. 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…