The purpose of the project is a preliminary descriptive analysis of the microstructure of EU CO2 emissions allowances (EUAs) markets and an assessment of market shares of German corporations in the European…
The report analyses subsidies for savings on Bausparkassen accounts in a theoretical and empirical perspective. First the development of this specific instrument is described against the broader background of…
It is possible to quantify the structural unemployment either on an aggregate level using the time-series (e.g. estimation of the NAIRU) or on a more disaggregated level (e.g. regional data for estimation of the…
Subject of the report is a comprehensive analysis of the importance of the German Bausparkassen (building societies) system in the federal state of Baden Württemberg. In an indroductory approach the functions …
The Financial Market Survey Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is carried out on a monthly basis by ZEW with the support of Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna. A similar survey for Germany has been conducted by ZEW since…
The project is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of the sector of family enterprises in Germany. The analysis focuses on different questions: Main topics are the quantitative assessment of the economic…
This project analyzes the performance of the trading strategies of Deutsche Bank, which utilize the so called “forward premium puzzle”. The basis of these strategies are currency baskets in which low-yielding…
This project evaluates the anti-competitive impact of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in EU using event study methodology. Substantial amount of literature indicates that M&A generate abnormal returns to…