Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-027 // 2013

    Knowing What Not to Do: Financial Literacy and Consumer Credit Choices

    Households do not follow the finance industry's model of a homo oeconomicus - a rational planner. To the contrary, their financial decisions are influenced by character traits (e.g. self-control), (a lack of)…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-026 // 2013

    GDP Mimicking Portfolios and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

    This paper studies popular macroeconomic factors based on the gross domestic product (GDP) in a unified framework. Based on theoretical reasons, aggregate GDP as a measure of fundamental risk is an obvious risk…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-022 // 2013

    What is the Wind Behind the Sails to Go Abroad? - Empirical Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry

    This paper analyzes the domiciliation decision in the mutual fund market. The intensified competition among fund companies in the EU has provided incentives to relocate companies' activities and to domicile…

  4. ZEWnews English edition // 2013

    03/04 - 2013

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-011 // 2013

    Do we Need a Separate Banking System? An Assessment

    Motivated by the current discussion on different separate banking systems, we provide an overview of the different systems, question them and outline their effect on systemic stability and the German banking…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)