Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-076 // 2007

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

    In this paper we employ a time series econometric framework to explore the structural determinants of the spread between the euro overnight rate and the ECB's policy rate (EONIA spread) aiming to explain the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-068 // 2007

    Projecting the Medium-Term: Outcomes and Errors for GDP Growth

    The focus of this paper is the evaluation of a very popular method for potential output estimation and medium-term forecasting— the production function approach—in terms of predictive performance. For this…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-067 // 2007

    Price Discovery for Cross-Listed Securities from Emerging Eastern European Countries

    This study provides empirical evidence verifying the theory of price discovery for Eastern European enterprises based on their cross-listing on Western European exchanges. Despite the fact that the crosslisting…

  4. ZEWnews English edition // 2007

    No. 4 - 2007

    • Experts Support EEC Climate Targets
    • Important Technology Impulses from Engineering, Electronics and Chemicals
    • People with an Immigration Background are Paid Less than Native Germans
    • Incorporating Exchange Traded…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-059 // 2007

    Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives in Russia: An Overview

    This work provides a descriptive overview of Russian markets for financial derivatives. Available figures for the exchange-traded and over-the-counter-traded derivatives in Russia show that the Russian…

  6. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2007

    Welche Rahmenbedingungen für Private Equity?

  7. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2007

    International Capital Mobility and Current Account Targeting in Central and Eastern European Countries

    The paper examines the degree of financial integration in five central and eastern European economies on the basis of saving-investment correlations. A comparison with eleven member states of the European…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-054 // 2007

    Inflation Expectations of Experts and ECB Communication

    The communication policy of the European Central Bank attracts a lot of attention from financial markets. This paper analyses the informational content of the monthly introductory statements of the ECB president…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)