[ZEW Newsletter English Edition] 2015-07 *zew-newsletter-englishedition at mx-assp2.zew.de* zew-newsletter-englishedition at mx-assp2.zew.de /Thu Jul 30 16:14:12 MEST 2015/ * *Messages sorted by:* [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Z E W N E W S L E T T E R E N G L I S H E D I T I O N No. 2015-07 July 30, 2015 (Yvonne Braeutigam, newsletter-en at zew.de ) http://www.zew.eu _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Content 1. NEWS 2. Call for Papers 2.1. TAPES 2016 - ZEW/NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar 3. STAFF 3.1. Guests at ZEW 3.2. Visiting Researchers 4. PRESS RELEASES 5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH 5.1. Financial Market Report Switzerland 5.2. Financial Market Report CEE 5.3. ZEW Discussion Papers IN GERMAN 5.4. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market Report) 5.5. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft (ZEW Sector Report for the Information Economy) 5.6. Gutachten/Forschungsberichte (Expertises/Research Reports) 6. NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS 7. EVENTS 7.1. Public Events 7.2. Scientific Events 8. JOB OFFERS _____________________________________________________________________ 1. NEWS 24.07.2015 - ZEW (jpr/ybr(Video)) Dialogue on Deck: "Cities Need Founders" - ZEW Hosts Discussion on Board the MS Wissenschaft: Why is start-up activity in Germany decreasing, and what are the characteristics of an attractive business location? These were the main topics discussed at the "Dialogue on Deck: Cities Need Founders" event staged by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) on July 23. The event took place on board the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft (MS Science), which anchored in Mannheim from July 23-26, 2015. Dr. Peter Kurz, First Major of the City of Mannheim, Dr. Georg Licht, head of the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management", and Jacqueline Yildirim, founder of JACQ. GmbH, discussed the overall start-up situation in Germany and, in particular, in Mannheim, as well as the factors that are decisive for the attractiveness of business locations for founders. Read more on the MS Science and view the German Video at: http://www.zew.de/en/news/3081 23.07.2015 - ZEW (rbm/ybr) 2015 Mannheim Corporate Tax Day at ZEW: As part of the ninth Mannheim Corporate Tax Day, an annual event hosted by ZEW and the University of Mannheim, renowned experts from the fields of academia, business and administration shed light on current issues of national and international corporate taxation. Approximately 90 participants from science, practice and finan-cial administration attended the event, which took place on June 25, 2015. This year's Corporate Tax Day focused on the tax opportunities and risks associated with taking strategic investment decisions. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/news/3086 19.07.2015 - ZEW (phu/ybr) International Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting at ZEW: The ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management" and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) jointly hosted the sixth "Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting" in Mannheim on July 2 and 3, 2015. The event was attended by about 70 international participants and featured four high-profile keynote speakers, who discussed recent research findings on patent systems, incentives for R&D, and the interplay between government-funded and private research. Read the conference report at: http://www.zew.de/en/news/3080 08.07.2015 - ZEW (srr/ggr/jpr) Swiss Economist Receives Heinz Koenig Young Scholar Award Including EUR 5,000 Endowment: Stefano Carattini from the Haute Ecole de Gestion de Geneve, Switzerland, is the 2015 recipient of the Heinz Koenig Young Scholar Award of the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The jury's decision indicates their recognition of the excellent research carried out by Carattini into the effect of a pay-per-bag tax on household waste on the produced amount of waste. By looking at the influence of such taxation on the behaviour of households and at the acceptability of such measures, Carattini has made an important contribution to the debate on the impact of fiscal policy on tackling environmental issues and promoting a sustainable economy. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3060 01.07.2015 - ZEW (fkr/ybr) ZEW Lunch Debate in Brussels - Principal Witnesses Key to Combating Cartels in Europe: Over the past years, competition policy has increasingly become a core domain of the European Commission. Combating cartels has top priority in this context. The Commission's most powerful weapon in this fight is its leniency programme. It enables cartel members to partly or even entirely dodge heavy fines - that is, to go unpunished. The most recent ZEW Lunch Debate, staged at the Representation of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg to the European Union in Brussels on July 1, 2015, focused on the actual effectiveness of EU policies to reveal cartels. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/news/3054 2. Call for Papers 2.1. TAPES 2016 - ZEW/NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar 30.06.2015 - ZEW (jgl/ybr/ape) TAPES 2016 - ZEW/NBER Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (June 13-15, 2016): The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) jointly organise the next Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES2016) on June 13-15, 2016. The seminar focuses on studies of social insurance programmes including unemployment insurance, disability insurance, social security, and health insurance. The event aims to foster the discussion of topics associated with the impacts and consequences of current and future potential programme changes. Please upload an abstracts of about 750 words or a complete paper on NBER's submission page no later than October 1, 2015. Additional information and Call for Papers: http://www.zew.de/en/events/2055 3. STAFF 3.1. Guests at ZEW 20.07.2015 - ZEW (ggr) Delegation from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) Welcomed to ZEW: On Monday July 20, 2015, ZEW welcomed a delegation from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing. Under the direction of UIBE Vice President, Professor Zhongxiu Zhao, the members of the delegation and representatives from ZEW participated in discussions focusing on the cooperation that has thus been achieved between ZEW and UIBE. Another topic of discussion was the participation of ZEW researchers in the 2015 Beijing Humboldt Forum to be held, once again, at UIBE in September of this year. The delegation was welcomed by Thomas Kohl, ZEW's Director of Business and Administration. Kohl was delighted that this visit will further deepen the cooperation between UIBE and ZEW. 3.2. Visiting Researchers 27.07.2015 - ZEW (jgl/ybr) Frank Bohn Visiting Researcher at ZEW: Dr. Bohn was a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" from July 20 to 24, 2015. He is Assistant Professor for Economics at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. His research interests are economic growth, applied macroeconomics, public finance, monetary economics, and fiscal policy. During his visit at ZEW he presented his paper entitled "Political Forecast Cycles, Countercyclical Policies and the Suspicious Unsophisticated Voter", which examines the relationship between ingenuous voters and the manipulation of the election forecast. In addition, Bohn worked together with ZEW researchers on fiscal rules. Additional information on Dr. Frank Bohn: http://www.ru.nl/economics/koppeling/economie/bohn 16.07.2015 - ZEW (jgl/ybr) Carlos Carreira Visiting Researcher at ZEW: Carreira, PhD, was a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management" in the research area "Firm Foundations and the Growth of Start-Ups" from June 15 to July 15, 2015. He is Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra in Portugal and member of its research unit "Group for Monetary and Financial Studies". His research interests lie in the field of market entries and exits, their impact on productivity development and regional growth as well as international competitiveness. During his stay, he worked together with ZEW researchers on a comparison of the industry dynamics in Portugal and Germany. Additional information on Carlos Carreira, PhD: http://www4.fe.uc.pt/ccarreira 13.07.2015 - ZEW (jgl/ybr) Marit Hinnosaar Visiting Researcher at ZEW: Hinnosaar, PhD, was a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Department "Information and Communication Technologies" from June 1 to 4, 2015. She is Assistant Professor in Economics at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Torino. Her research interests lie in the fields of behavioural economics and industrial organisation. During her stay in Mannheim, she worked together with ZEW researchers on the SEEK project "Side Effects of Economic Crises in Europe and Provision of Online Public Goods". Additional information on Marit Hinnosaar, PhD: http://marit.hinnosaar.net 08.07.2015 - ZEW (jgl/ybr) Professor Andreas Polk Visiting Researcher at ZEW: Prof. Dr. Polk was a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Group "Competition and Regulation" on July 2 and 3, 2015. He is Professor of Economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. His research interests lie in the fields of industrial economics and competition policy issues, of which he also has first-hand experience from his previous position in the German Federal Cartel Office. During his visit to ZEW, a cooperation in the field of cartel research was agreed upon. Additional information on Prof. Dr. Andreas Polk: http://www.hwr-berlin.de/index.php?id=4548?&L=1 4. PRESS RELEASES 28.07.2015 - ZEW (fhe/ggr) ZEW Researchers Present Proposal for European Fiscal Union: The dispute over a solution to the Greek sovereign debt crisis has revealed the major shortcoming of eurozone crisis management: there is no effective strategy to enforce negotiated reforms and budget cuts if a member of the European Economic and Monetary Union is not playing by the rules. Researchers from the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) stress that the institutional structure of the euro area is in need of reform. They also make a practical proposal on how to create a functional European Fiscal Union. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3085 23.07.2015 - ZEW (ole/msc/ggr/jpr) ZEW-PwC China Economic Barometer - German Companies See Themselves as Ahead of Chinese Competitors: German companies are well positioned with respect to their Chinese competitors. This is the outcome of the latest ZEW-PwC China Economic Barometer for the 3rd quarter of 2015, which surveyed executives from German companies working in China. Three quarters of those surveyed believe they are ahead of their Chinese competitors. Just eight per cent reported on Chinese companies that were ahead of them. The ZEW-PwC China Economic Barometer is a quarterly survey by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with PwC. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3077 20.07.2015 - ZEW (der/fkr/jpr) ZEW Business Survey in the Information Economy - Companies in the German Information Economy Sector Are Optimistic: Six months into the year, economic sentiment among the companies in the information economy sector continues to be optimistic, as suggested by the current reading of the Economic Sentiment Indicator for the Information Economy. The indicator takes into account the companies' current business situation and business expectations. With a current value of 63.7 points, the sentiment indicator clearly exceeds the critical 50-point mark, signalling a positive economic climate in the information economy. This is the result of a survey in the information economy conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in June 2015. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3072 16.07.2015 - ZEW (zil/jpr) ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Current Situation Shows Major Improvement and is Expected to Remain Steady in the Mid-Term: In July 2015, economic expectations for the countries in Central and Eastern Europe, including Turkey (CEE region), have deteriorated. In the current survey, the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region has decreased by 34.5 points to 15.5 points. This decrease is largely due to the fact that more than one fifth of survey respondents, who previously expressed optimistic expectations, have changed their forecasts to neutral (i.e. no change) this month. In contrast to economic expectations, experts' assessments of the current economic situation have improved. This is indicated by an increase of 30.4 points to a level of 15.4 points of the respective indicator. One fifth of the survey respondents, who previously gave a negative assessment of the current situation in the region, have now given an either positive assessment (10.4 percent), or neutral assessment (9.6 percent) of the current situation. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3067 16.07.2015 - ZEW (cfu/ggr/jpr) ZEW President Fuest Calls for Politicians to Make Costs of Greek Bailout Package Transparent to Taxpayers: In an interview with the German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" published this morning, the president of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Professor Clemens Fuest, urged that the costs of the new bailout package for Greece would have to be made transparent for German taxpayers. Unlike in the previous aid programmes, the vote on the new bailout package for Greece, taken in the German parliament, will not be a matter of loans, says Fuest, but rather of transfers - i. e. money that will not be returned. The programme therefore marks a fundamental turning point in the eurozone - the venture into the transfer union. In view of this profound change, Fuest argues that voters and taxpayers in Europe need to be informed about the transfer character of the new payments to Greece and that they will put further pressure on national budgets in the eurozone. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3068 15.07.2015 - ZEW (lja/ggr/jpr) ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic Outlook Decreases: In July 2015 the ZEW-CS Indicator for Switzerland decreases. The indicator declines by 5.5 points and now stands at a value of minus 5.4 points. This reading indicates that a slightly larger fraction of financial experts expects the Swiss economy to deteriorate in comparison to the current situation. The ZEW-CS Indicator reflects the expectations of the surveyed financial market experts regarding the economic development in Switzerland on a six-month time horizon. It is calculated on a monthly basis by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS), Zurich. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3065 14.07.2015 - ZEW (jrr/dre/jpr) ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Slight Decline of Economic Sentiment: The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany slightly declines in July 2015. Decreasing by 1.8 points compared to the previous month, the index now stands at a level of 29.7 points (long-term average: 24.9 points). "Neither the difficulties in dealing with the Greek sovereign debt crisis nor the turmoil on Chinese financial markets seem to make a strong impression on the financial market experts. Despite the slight decline of the indicator, the overall economic outlook for Germany remains positive", says ZEW President Professor Clemens Fuest. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3064 02.07.2015 - ZEW (mac/ggr) Expert Statement on the German Federal Government's Decision to Establish a Capacity Reserve: Dr. Martin Achtnicht, Senior Researcher and Acting Deputy Head of the ZEW Research Department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management", assesses the climate effects resulting from the German Federal government's decision to establish a "capacity reserve" system of brown coal power plants. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3056 01.07.2015 - ZEW (msc/ggr) China Economic Panel (CEP) of ZEW and Fudan University (Shanghai) - Economic Outlook for China Stagnates: The China Economic Panel Indicator (CEP) has increased slightly by 0.2 points. For the period concerned (08.-30.06.2015), the CEP Indicator, which reflects the expectations of international financial experts in regard to China's macroeconomic development over the coming twelve months, now totals nine points. The indicator therefore remains below its long-term average value of 10.8 points. Read more: http://www.zew.de/en/press/3053 5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH 5.1. Financial Market Report Switzerland Financial Market Report Switzerland August 2015 * Swiss Economic Outlook Weakens Slightly * International Financial Market Data - Assessments and Expectations * Greater EUR/CHF Uncertainty * Rise in US Interest Rates Anticipated * Unchanged Inflation Rate Expected * Positive Outlook for European Markets * Special Question 1: Economic Growth 2015/2016 * Special Question 2: Inflation Rate in 2015/2016 * Special Question 3: Three-Month CHF LIBOR Download as PDF file(*) (reference is given at the end of "RECENT PUBLICATIONS"): http://www.zew.de/FinancialMarketReportSwitzerland082015.pdf 5.2. Financial Market Report CEE Financial Market Report CEE June 2015 * Stable Economic Expectations for the CEE Region * Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Positive Current Situation * Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Improved Economic Outlook * Turkey: Large Fluctuations in Economic Expectations and Current Situation * Special Question: Inflationary Risk in the CEE Countries Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/fmt_cee/FMTCEE062015.pdf 5.3. ZEW Discussion Papers 15-051 Philipp Boeing; Elisabeth Mueller Measuring Patent Quality in International Comparison - Index Development and Application to China Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15051.pdf 15-050 Hanna Hottenrott; Cornelia Lawson Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15050.pdf 15-049 Zareh Asatryan; Friedrich Heinemann; Hans Pitlik Reforming the Public Administration: The Role of Crisis and the Power of Bureaucracy Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15049.pdf 15-048 Wolfgang Briglauer; Klaus Gugler; Adhurim Haxhimusa Facility- and Service-based Competition and Investment in Fixed Broadband Networks: Lessons from a Decade of Access Regulations in the European Union Member States Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15048.pdf 15-047 Nico Pestel Marital Sorting, Inequality and the Role of Female Labor Supply: Evidence from East and West Germany Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15047.pdf 15-046 Thushyanthan Baskaran; Sebastian Blesse; Adi Brender; Yaniv Reingewertz Revenue Decentralization, Central Oversight and the Political Budget Cycle: Evidence from Israel Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15046.pdf 15-045 Bodo Sturm; Reinhard Uehleke The Influence of Collective Action on the Demand for Voluntary Climate Change Mitigation in Hypothetical and Real Situations Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15045.pdf 15-044 Mathias Dolls; Clemens Fuest; Friedrich Heinemann; Andreas Peichl Reconciling Insurance with Market Discipline: A Blueprint for a European Fiscal Union Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15044.pdf 15-043 Stephan Dlugosz; Enno Mammen; Ralf Wilke Generalised Partially Linear Regression with Misclassified Data and an Application to Labour Market Transitions Download as PDF file(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp15043.pdf IN GERMAN 5.4. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market Report) ZEW Financial Market Report August 2015 * Economic Expectations Slightly Decrease * Euro Zone: Inflation Expectations Decline * USA: Economic Situation Increases Again * Japan: Restrained Increase of the Economic Expectations * Great Britain: Economic Expectations and Evaluation of the Situation Hardly Changed * Special Question: Economic Growth Download as PDF file (in German)(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/frep/082015.pdf 5.5. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft (ZEW Sector Report for the Information Economy) ZEW Sector Report for the Information Economy, 2nd Quarter 2015 * Still Positive Sentiment Regarding the Information Economy * Importance of Cross-Border E-Commerce Increases Download as PDF file (in German)(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/brepikt/201502BrepIKT.pdf 5.6. Gutachten/Forschungsberichte (Expertises/Research Reports) Daniel Osberghaus and Alina Philippi (2015), Klimawandel in Deutschland: Risikowahrnehmung und Anpassung in privaten Haushalten 2012 und 2014, Ergebnisse und Fragebogen einer Haushaltsbefragung in Deutschland (Climate Change in Germany: Risk Perception and Adjustment of Private Households in 2012 and 2014, Results and Questionnaires of a Household Survey in Germany), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Mannheim. Additional information and download: http://www.zew.de/en/publikationen/7959 Bernhard Hausberg, Karsten Reuss, Silke Stahl-Rolf, Juergen Egeln, Johannes Bersch, Sandra Gottschalk, Christian Rammer and Christian Zinnack (2015), Saechsischer Technologiebericht 2015 (2015 Saxon Techology Report), Saxon State Ministry for Economy, Labour, and Traffic, Dresden. Additional information and download: http://www.zew.de/en/publikationen/7962 (*) Please note: PDF files can be displayed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The software can be downloaded for free: http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader 6. NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS Determinants of High-Speed Broadband Take-Up and the Impact of Mobile Internet on Firm Productivity and Innovation http://www.zew.de/en/projects/1504 Evaluation of the Support Programme "ERP Capital for Start-up" http://www.zew.de/en/projects/1508 Offshoring to Eastern Europe and China: Displacement Effects, Cost Reductions and Labor Market Effects in Europe http://www.zew.de/en/projects/1510 7. EVENTS 7.1. Public Events 16.09.2015 ZEW Lunch Debates: Europe's New Fiscal Governance: A Quantum Leap or not Worth the Paper it's Written on? Speakers: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Heinemann (ZEW), Albert Sole-Olle (Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona), Outi Slotboom (COM, DG ECFIN, Head of Unit) Location of the event: Representation of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg to the European Union, Rue Belliard 60-62, B-1040 Brussels Additional Information: http://www.zew.de/en/events/2144 7.2. Scientific Events 06.08.2015 ZEW Research Seminar: On IV Estimation in Case of Endogenous Selection Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Breunig (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin) Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional Information: http://www.zew.de/en/events/2181 17.-18.08.2015 Workshop: Behavioural Responses to Income Taxation Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional Information: http://www.zew.de/eti2015 14.-18.09.2015 Workshop: Labour Market Research - Theory, Empirical Analysis, Interdisciplinary Perspectives Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional Information: http://www.zew.de/en/events/2111 8. JOB OFFERS 01.07.2015 President and Director of Science and Research For the complete job offer, please visit: http://www.zew.de/en/job-offers/432 23.07.2015 Researcher for the Research Group "Competition and Regulation" For the complete job offer, please visit: http://www.zew.de/en/job-offers/436 ____________________________________________________________________ IMPRINT Publisher: Centre for European Economic Research GmbH (ZEW) L 7, 1 - 68161 Mannheim - Germany - http://www.zew.eu Phone +49 621/1235-01 Fax +49 621/1235-255 Seat of the company: Mannheim - Local Court Mannheim HRB 6554 Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board: Theresia Bauer, MdL, Minister of Science, Research, and the Arts of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg Executive Directors: Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest, Thomas Kohl Editors: Yvonne Braeutigam, yvonne.braeutigam at zew.de ; Katrin Eike-Verfuerth, eike-verfuerth at zew.de E-mail: newsletter-en at zew.de Editorial assistants: Julia Glashauser, Jule Zenker, Constanze Adler Responsibility: Gunter Grittmann, grittmann at zew.de Legal note: http://www.zew.eu/legalnote You can subscribe/unsubscribe at any time - online via http://www.zew.eu/newsletter or - mail to zew-newsletter-englishedition-request at mx-assp2.zew.de Subject: (leave blank!) 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