1. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2015

    Februar 2015

    • Aufwärtstrend trotz Kapitalmarktturbulenzen
    • EZB: Weiterer Rückgang der Inflationsrate erwartet
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen leicht nach unten korrigiert
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick trübt sich wieder ein
    • Großbritannien:…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-005 // 2015

    A Note on How to Realize the Full Potential of the EU-SILC Data

    The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a rotational panel provided by Eurostat that covers variables with a high potential for comparative European labour market and social…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-004 // 2015

    How Do Drug Prices Respond to a Change from External to Internal Reference Pricing? Evidence from a Danish Regulatory Reform

    We study the effects of a change in the way patient reimbursements are calculated on the prices of pharmaceuticals using quasi-experimental data for Denmark which switched from external (where reimbursements are…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-003 // 2015

    The Impact of Alternative Public Policies on the Deployment of New Communications Infrastructure – A Survey

    Our survey reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on all alternative policies to promote the deployment of new fiber-based communications infrastructure. Since such investment is expected to induce…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-002 // 2015

    Candidate Screening for the Recruitment of Critical Research and Development Workers – A Report and Preliminary Results with Evidence from Experimental Data from German High-Tech Firms

    The report focuses on résumé-based screening strategies for the recruitment of highly qualified research and development (R&D) workers (critical R&D workers) in high-tech firms. We investigate which kinds of…