Some 80 per cent of German households have an overdraft credit. According to experts of consumer protection organisations, the interest rates on overdraft credits are too high. A study presented in Berlin on…
In July and August 2012, Prof. Michael Ward, PhD, and Dr. Jörg Claussen are visiting researchers at the ZEW Research Group "Information and Communication Technologies". Michael Ward is Professor of Economics at…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) contributes its computer simulation "The Climate Protection Dilemma" to the Leibniz Association's stand at the ESOF in Dublin on July 11-15, 2012. The item…
On July 10 and 11, 2012, a delegation of researchers from the renowned Fudan University in Shanghai visited the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The Chinese delegation was headed by the director of…
Carolyn Fischer, PhD, was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management" from July 2-4, 2012. She is senior fellow at Resources for the…
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Timo Teräsvirta, Professor of Economics at Aarhus University in Denmark and member of the Research Center CREATES, was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Group "Growth and Business…
The ZEW Study "The Effectiveness of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy in Turkey During the Recent Economic Crisis - Evidence from a Natural Experiment" received the Sakip Sabanci International Research Award 2012.…
From June 25 until June 26, 2012, some 60 energy experts met at the "Energy Conference 2012" hosted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. During the two-day conference, researchers and…
On June 22, 2012, the spokesman for science, research, and innovation policy of the Green Party (Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN) in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Dr. Kai Schmidt-Eisenlohr, visited ZEW.…
