The European Union´s economic policy objectives can be summarizes below the headings of "Lisbon" and "Maastricht". While the Lisbon objectives are related to the increase of potential growth in Europe, the…
Over the last thirty years the participation of female employees in industrial countries has strongly increased whereas the wage difference between men and women has noticeably decreased. At the same time the…
The objective of this project is the investigation of automobile markets from a competition and regulatory point of view. Due to the relatively stable market structure with a few market entries and relationships…
In this project, we examine the importance of individual and employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. The overall objective is to identify a possible segmentation of the labour market…
This project takes the electricity market as an example to examine two core areas of empirical competition policy: the regulation of network based industries and the concentration of companies. Our approach to the…
The aim of this project was to analyse five centrally linked aspects of economic growth:1. Management and Organisational PracticesThis part concentrated on understanding and explaining management and…
Since the introduction of the euro there has been a common monetary policy in Europe. In contrast, banks, and more generally financial markets and institutions, are largely subject to national supervision.…
In the 2006 edition of the EU Commissions Competitiveness Report, a chapter will review the state of debate on lead markets and the role of public policy. ZEW is contributing an input paper to this chapter. …
The Financial Market Survey Switzerland is carried out on a monthly basis by ZEW and Credit Suisse. It displays the expectations of Swiss financial experts for five important international financial markets.…
Results from the preceding project The Legitimacy of a European Constitution in View of the Conditions Created by National Traditions indicated that the EU finds legitimation above all in the benefit generated for…