The project focuses on the question as to how selected regional measures for climate mitigation (i.e. induced by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg) affect macroeconomic indicators, such as gross domestic…
This project analyzes the performance of the trading strategies of Deutsche Bank, which utilize the so called “forward premium puzzle”. The basis of these strategies are currency baskets in which low-yielding…
The analysis of high-tech start-ups is one of the main areas of work covered by the department of Industrial Economics and International Management. However, ZEW studies to date, along with almost all other…
About 19% of the population living in Germany possesses a migration background. A migration background is given if the person or its physical parents is born abroad and if the persons or his/her parents possesses…
This project evaluates the anti-competitive impact of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in EU using event study methodology. Substantial amount of literature indicates that M&A generate abnormal returns to…
Population trends are leading towards regional disparities. Prosperous regions are facing shrinking ones. An increasing average life expectancy will raise the number of households. Then again, a lower demand for…
The Genuss-Scheine have a very long tradition in Germany. They give the non-shareholder some typical shareholder rights, as participation in profit, liquidation proceeds, or assets. The Genuss-Scheine are,…
The project took a demand-side approach to investigating the informal private equity capital market for technology-intensive start-ups in Germany. Particular attention was paid to the role of so-called Business…
In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees. From…
The project offered a conceptual clarification of eco-innovation (developing atypology) based on an understanding of innovation dynamics, and identify and discuss the main methodological challenges in developing…
Environmental extended IO tables and externality estimates are extremely useful for the use in and further development of socio-economic tools for sustainability impact assessment, esp. macroeconomic models like…