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.…
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 project "public debt monitor" aims at a regular monitoring of fiscal sustainability in Germany, both at the state level (including social security) and the federal level (including municipalities). Using a…
As a contribution to the Competitiveness report 2006 of the European Commission, this project analysed the impact of liberalisation of energy markets on efficiency, security of supply as well as environment. One…
Objective and motivation of the project: The projects objective is the assessment of the role of sustainability funds in the asset management of German charitable foundations. From the microeconomic and…
Advances in information and telecommunications technologies and the political processes that open up important markets (Eastern Europe, China, India) give rise to substantial economic opportunities. Up to now,…
This project investigates the short-term to medium-term predictability of stock market excess returns from an empirical point of view. Empirical evidence on predictability of market excess returns implies that…
This project analyzes the network externalities present in the Internet and the effect these externalities have on the interconnection incentives of competing Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Internet is a…
The European Commission had assessed the national allocation plans of Member States for a European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). In this situation the impact of emissions trading on competitiveness and jobs…
The project analysed the performance of an investment strategy which is based on differences between forward rates and money market interest rates. In particular, the project aimed to investigate the stability of…
This project intends to measure the effects of health care policies and the need for health care of one of the spouses on the intra-household allocation of resources. Our analysis is based on a micro-economic…
The process of Impact Assessment (IA) aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation by providing policy makers with information on likely costs and benefits, stimulating early interdepartmental…