Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-026 // 2012

    Exchange Rate Expectations of Chartists and Fundamentalists

    The present study compares exchange rate expectations of "chartists" and "fundamentalists". "Chartists" are those financial market participants who base their forecasts and actions on past price movements of…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2012

    03/04 - 2012

    • Environmentally Friendly Process Innovations Encourage Hiring of New Employees
    • Falling Profit Margins in E-commerce as Product Life Cycles Lengthen
    • Business Tax Rates Remain Low, Despite the Crisis
    • In-house…
  3. Refereed Journal // 2012

    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…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Putting Currency Misalignment into Gravity: The Currency Union Effect Reconsidered

    Member countries of a currency union like the euro area have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-018 // 2012

    Which Form of Venture Capital Is Most Supportive of Innovation?

    There is a substantial body of literature on the extent to which firms that receive venture capital financing generate more innovation than non-venture-backed companies. Most studies find that, on average,…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)