Whenever the question arises of how best to deal with government deficits, businesses and their professional associations often identify subsidies as the place to start. Yet, instead of calling for subsidies to…
From July 11 to 15, 2011, Professor Norman Gemmell was visiting researcher at the ZEW research department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance". Norman Gemmell taught and researched at the University of…
Germany's economy is strong: exports are at record-breaking levels, unemployment is down and billions of euros in additional tax revenues are pouring into state coffers. Given these positive developments, how…
This year's ZEW Economic Forum in Mannheim was all about the global financial and economic crisis and its consequences. Topics for discussion included a reform of the national and international financial…
From 20 to 24 June 2011 and from 4 to 15 July 2011, Wolfram Schlenker is visiting researcher at the ZEW research department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management". He is Assistant…
On 21 June 2011, more than 100 guests attended the annual Mannheim Corporate Tax Day 2011 hosted by ZEW and the University of Mannheim. Once again, the event featured many renowned speakers from the worlds of…
On 14-15 October 2011, the Leibniz Network’s third interdisciplinary conference “Real Estate Markets and Capital Markets” (ReCapNet) will be held at ZEW in Mannheim. ReCapNet examines the interactions between…
ZEW has been working to strengthen its international presence in a variety of ways: by engaging in research projects that focus on global issues, by acquiring clients from all over the world, and by maintaining…
On 7 June 2011, a delegation from Argentina visited ZEW. The professors of the National University of Misiones and the National University of Cuyo exchanged views with ZEW employees on the institute’s key…
Predictions about future economic growth are not the only ones fraught with significant uncertainties. The natural sciences are also susceptible to errors resulting from erroneous predictions – and perhaps with…