The project analyses different policy instruments to support investments into renewable energies. In particular, uncertainty of demand and of technological progress is taken explicitly into account. A real option…
In this research project we analyse strategies to increase labour market flexibility of firms. Due to the constant rise in labour market requirements for all participants, firms need to react to the increasing…
We investigated the distribution of returns to investments in cognitive and self-regulatory skills over the life cycle. In our simulation model, the distribution of returns to education results from the …
This project analyses the distributive impacts of the statutory and institutional settings of European schemes of social assistance focusing on an empirical investigation of the European Union of 25 member states.…
Many countries see increasing investment in education, research, development and innovation as a means of expanding production possibilities. Emphasis is placed on innovation policy because it plays a key role in…
The project is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of the sector of family enterprises in Germany. The analysis focuses on different questions: Main topics are the quantitative assessment of the economic…
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…
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…
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…
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…