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…
Claudia Ghisetti, PhD student in European law and economics at the University of Bologna, will be visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department “Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental…
My final column written as ZEW's President before resiging from office has to do with Europe. Not only to pay tribute to the "E" in ZEW, but primarily because I am worried about Europe. We should not let things…
In mid-December, the Expert Commission for the "Energy of the Future" Monitoring Process issued its first position statement regarding the federal government’s annual status report on German renewable energy…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO) host a conference on consumption-based approaches in climate policy in Mannheim…
The short expert report by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) analyses the labour market situation of older…
Dr. Thomas Walter, researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy", was honoured with the award for outstanding research of the Victor Rizkallah Foundation in…
Roland Koch, Chairman of the Executive Board at Bilfinger SE, gave a lecture on Germany Between the Poles of Success and Economic Crisis at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) on January 21, 2013.…
Of all European countries as well as the United States, Switzerland offers the best conditions for family enterprises. Germany, in contrast, ranks only 11th among 18 countries and so takes a position in the…
ZEW recently released the first Chinese version of its information brochure "ZEW in brief". On 24 pages, the publication provides information on the work and the research areas of ZEW. Research partners in…