Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Pension Funds’ Performance in Strongly Regulated Industries in Central Europe: Evidence from Poland and Hungary

    This paper presents an analysis of pension funds' performance in Poland and Hungary, two Central European countries characterized by strong regulation of their private pension fund industries. Thus, the paper…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Business Cycle Co-movement and Trade Intensity in the Euro Area: is there a Dynamic Link?

    This paper extends the recent literature that exclusively looks at the static link between bilateral trade intensity and business cycle synchronisation. A cross section augmented VAR framework with an …

  3. Refereed Journal // 2011

    What Explains the Spread between the Euro Overnight Rate and the ECB's Policy Rate?

    We employ a time series econometric framework to explore the structural determinants of the spread between the European Overnight Rate and the ECB's Policy Rate (EONIA spread) aiming to explain the widening of…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)