The international research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK) at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is running successfully in its…
Grazia Cecere, Associate Professor at Télécom Ecole de Management in Paris, Institut Mines-Télécom, is visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Group "Information and Communication Technologies" from March to…
Since the start of 2013, marginal employees in Germany with so-called "mini-jobs" – i.e. positions that are not subject to social insurance contributions and income taxation – may earn an additional 50 euros…
Last year, it was quite fashionable to compare the ECB’s monetary policy to the Mephistophelean discovery of endlessly reproducible paper money in Faust. But current public opinion in the eurozone would seem to…
In a ceremony at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, long-standing ZEW President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz left office today. Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest was inaugurated as…
In a ceremony with invited guests, the farewell of long-standing ZEW President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz takes place at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim today. Prof. Dr.…
ZEW is invested in the further qualifications of its staff. Last year saw one ZEW researcher achieve their habilitation while many others completed their doctorates. We would like to thank all the dissertation…
The qualification of its staff is very important to ZEW. This is also illustrated by the number of dissertations completed at ZEW in 2012. We would like to thank all supervisors, especially the first advisors.
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The Basel II Accord implemented a tighter regulation of the banking sector. The importance of external credit scoring conducted by rating agencies has thus grown significantly for banks providing business…
