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  1. China Economic Panel // 21.12.2017

    Release dates for the China Economic Panel (CEP) in 2018

    In 2017, the CEP Indicator will be released on the following dates at 10:00 a.m. Frankfurt Time.
  2. Opinion // 21.12.2017

    Harmonising Ecological Necessity with Economic Efficiency

    The collapse of the coalition talks in Berlin risks squandering a key opportunity to shape Germany’s energy transition by linking ecological goals with efficient economic regulation. The clean-energy transition…
  3. Guests at ZEW // 19.12.2017

    Andreas Distel Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    Andreas Distel, PhD, was a visiting researcher in ZEW’s Research Department “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” from 30 November until 4 December 2017. He works as a postdoctoral researcher at the…
  4. Questions & Answers // 15.12.2017

    There Is Still a Real Reluctance to Use Service Robots in the Business Sector

    Will artificial intelligence soon take over customer service? Discussions on automation have tended to focus heavily on the use of robotics in the production sector. Yet service robots endowed with artificial…
  5. Research // 14.12.2017

    Germany’s ICT Sector Proves to Be Major Job Creator

    The significance of the ICT (information and communication technologies) sector for the German economy has continued to grow, with gross value added in this sector rising by 3.8 per cent to 105 billion euros in…