An eventuality that was long feared is now reality. The Greek electorate no longer appears willing to accept budget cuts and economic policy reforms. Voting in droves for Syriza, the Greeks have chosen a party…
Will Germany’s energy transition and nuclear phase-out have a negative impact on competition or will it bring new marketing opportunities for the country’s economy? And what is the response from Brussels to the…
Steven Vanhaverbeke was a visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management" from January 12 to 26, 2015. He is a doctoral student at the Department of…
The president of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Professor Clemens Fuest, is not convinced by the arguments that Pedro Cruz Villalon, advocate general to the European Court of Justice (ECJ),…
The detailed fact sheet of the China Economic Panel (CEP) November survey has been reviewed and updated (see download link). The update was necessary due to a data transmission error.
The president of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Professor Clemens Fuest, has been appointed to the Minimum Wage Commission, which starts work on January 1, 2015. Professor Fuest sits on the…
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe has ruled the German inheritance tax in its current form illegal. Inheritance tax breaks for family-run businesses, the judges decided, violate the constitutional…
ZEW participates in the ASSA Annual Meeting in Boston from January 3-5, 2015. The widely-attended event, which is organised by the American Economic Association, is the world’s most important conference for…