1. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2019

    August 2019

    • Konjunkturerwartungen für Deutschland verharren auf niedrigem Niveau
    • Eurozone: Experten/-innen erwarten Zinssenkungen
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen erholen sich deutlich
    • Japan: Lage- und Erwartungsindikator…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-026 // 2019

    A Retrospective Study on the Regional Benefits and Spillover Effects of High-Speed Broadband Networks: Evidence from German Counties

    There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-025 // 2019

    Biases in Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

    The "true" size of fiscal multipliers is widely debated by economists and policy makers as large (small) multipliers provide arguments to expand (cut) public spending. Within a meta-analytical framework, we ask…

  4. ZEW policy brief Nr. 19-05 // 2019

    Is Mandatory Country-by-Country Reporting Effective? – Early Evidence on the Economic Responses by Multinational Firms

    In den letzten zehn Jahren haben politische Entscheidungsträger, gemeinnützige Organisationen und die Medien wiederholt mehr Transparenz hinsichtlich der globalen Steueraktivitäten multinationaler Unternehmen…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-024 // 2019

    Digitalization and the Future of Work: Macroeconomic Consequences

    Computing power continues to grow at an enormous rate. Simultaneously, more and better data is increasingly available and Machine Learning methods have seen significant breakthroughs in the recent past. All this…