Projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.03. – 11.11.2014

    Regulation and Investment in New Communications Infrastructure

    Draft of a scientific article in German and carrying out an empirical study on the subject of ex ante regulation and investment in new communications infrastructure. The empirical research project will examine the…

  2. Project // 01.03. – 31.12.2014

    Collusive Behaviour in European Gasoline Retail Markets – Transparency and Competition

    Extensive monitoring by the media, political and scientific attention make gasoline retailing an interesting object of investigation. Impacts of the introduction of the market transparency platform in Germany will…

  3. Project // 01.02.2014 – 31.01.2015

    Decreasing Wage Mobility in the Low-Wage Sector - Increasing Genuine State Dependence or Composition Effects?

    In this project, we study the evolution of wage mobility in Eastern Germany before unification and during the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. We plan to exploit German pension register…

  4. Project // 02.01. – 30.09.2014

    Merger Activities in European Electricity Markets and their Impact on Competition

    In this project, merger activities and their interaction with the residual supply index or concentration rates are analyzed. Subject of study are the big players in the European electricity markets and the impact…

  5. Project // 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2015

    Economics of Climate Change: Energy Resources and Climate Friendly Energy Supply, Accompanying Research, Transdisciplinary Research

    The aim of the entire accompanying research was the synthesis and dissemination of the scientific work within the research programme "Economics of climate change" of the Federal Ministry of Education and…

  6. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2014

    structure and regional heterogeneity in online markets

    The emergence of Internet commerce was expected to bring the markets closer towards perfect competition. On the demand side, using search engines consumers can process information on products at online and…

  7. Project // 01.01. – 30.09.2014

    The Economic Importance of Family Enterprises 2014

    The project analyzes the economic importance of family enterprises in Germany and updates the results of the correspondent research project of the years 2009 and 2011. It uses the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP)…

  8. Project // 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2016

    National Educational Panel Study - NEPS (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories)

    In this project we support the development of specific questions which will be included in the questionnaire of the "National Education Panel Study" (NEPS). The focus of these questions is on topics which are key…

  9. Project // 01.01. – 31.10.2014

    Strategies to Cope with Skill Shortages in German Establishments

    The project analyses human resource strategies of German establishments which are applied to cope with skill shortages. Furthermore, the question is answered whether these strategies are in line with the…

  10. Project // 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2016

    Financial Distortions and Macroeconomic Performance: Expectations, Constraints and Interaction of Agents

    The ability of financial markets to bear risk is central to economic welfare and stability. Growth and economic wellbeing is inhibited if financial markets are unable to transfer resources efficiently from the…

  11. Project // 19.12.2013 – 31.05.2014

    Austrian Report on Research and Technology 2014

    The Austrian Report on Research and Technology summarises state and development of research and technology in Austria and presents government activities to promote scientific research and innovation in Austria. As…

  12. Project // 10.12.2013 – 28.02.2015

    Update 2014 of the Country Index for Family Enterprises

    In the year 2006 ZEW had developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen. The objective of this index was an international comparison of investment locations…