Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-016 // 2011

    The Macroeconomic Effects of Large Exchange Rate Appreciations

    The aim of this paper is to provide an empirical backbone to the debate about the macroeconomic effects of large upward exchange rate adjustments of tightly managed or pegged exchange rate regimes. Using a…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2011

    01/02 - 2011

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-014 // 2011

    Do Residential Property Companies Systematically Adjust Their Capital Structure? The Case of Germany

    Our paper analyzes the corporate financing behavior of German residential property companies. The German residential property industry is characterized by a predominance of nonlisted companies with different…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-012 // 2011

    International Diversification with Securitized Real Estate and the Veiling Glare from Currency Risk

    Do investments in international securitized real estate markets make a statistically significant contribution to an internationally diversified mixed-asset portfolio, and does currency risk exposure have an…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-006 // 2011

    Short-term Borrowing for Long-term Projects: Are Family Businesses More Susceptible to Irrational Financing Choices?

    Based on a dataset with 1,417 family and 1,195 non-family businesses in Germany, we find that family businesses rely more heavily than other enterprises on short term credit in order to finance long term…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)