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…
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…
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…
In 2016 Germany’s cultural and creative industries once again experienced an increase in both revenue and the number of employees. While total revenue rose by more than 1.5 per cent to 154.4 billion euros, the…
On 5 December 2017, researchers from ZEW presented their research findings at the scientific forum WISSENSWERTE, which this year was held in Darmstadt. Among the researchers in attendance were Professor Irene…
Consumers in Germany are becoming increasingly used to the low interest rate environment. They are, however, still unwilling to accept negative interest on bank deposits. These are the findings of a recent…
Every year the German Federal Insurance Office distributes more than 200 billion euros from the healthcare fund to the statutory health insurance providers. The allocation of these funds is, however, somewhat…
