1. ZEW policy brief Nr. 15-01 // 2015

    Fiscal Investment Climate and the Cost of Capital in Germany and the EU

    Ein vorrangiges Ziel der Europäischen Kommission besteht zurzeit darin, Anreize für private Investitionen in der EU zu schaffen. Die Wirksamkeit politischer Maßnahmen zur Stimulation privater Investitionen, wie…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2015

    Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

    Substantial policy effort is devoted to stimulate environmentally friendly technology through regulation and subsidies. Since innovation is a crucial productivity driver, a potential crowding out of inventive…

  3. ZEWnews // 2015

    05 - 2015

    • Staatsschuldenkrise in Europa - Die Art einer Umschuldung ist entscheidend
    • Bankenregulierung in Europa weitet die Nachfrage nach Staatsanleihen aus
    • Kinderbetreuung und Jobqualität fördern Rückkehr von Müttern ins…
  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2015

    Measuring Fuel Poverty: General Considerations and Application to German Household Data

    Indicators of energy affordability and fuel poverty are a powerful tool to identify the most vulnerable households and to avoid imposing excessive burdens by climate policy. Fuel-poverty measurement consists of…

  5. ZEW-Newsletter // 2015

    2015-04

    1. Aktuell
    2. Call for Papers
      • Siebte ReCapNet-Konferenz "Real Estate, Financial Stability, and the Macroeconomy"
      • Zweite MaTax-Jahreskonferenz
    3. Personalia
      • Berufungen
      • Gäste am ZEW
      • Gastwissenschaftler
    4. Presse
    5. Neue Publikationen
      • ZEWn…
  6. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 15-03 // 2015

    Hidden Champions – Driven by Innovation: Empirische Befunde auf Basis des Mannheimer Innovationspanels

    Innovativen Unternehmen, insbesondere kleinen und mittelgroßen Betrieben (KMU) wird eine Schlüsselposition für den technischen Fortschritt und die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Industrienationen…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-030 // 2015

    Innovation Budgeting Over the Business Cycle and Innovation Performance

    The global economic crisis of 2008/2009 hit many firms hard. Faced with rapidly declining sales and highly uncertain economic prospects, firms had to cut costs and reconsider their business strategies. With…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-029 // 2015

    Forecaster Overconfidence and Market Survey Performance

    We document using the ZEW panel of German stock market forecasters that weak forecasters tend to be overconfident in the sense that they provide extreme forecasts and their confidence intervals are less likely…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-028 // 2015

    Tax Compliance and Information Provision – A Field Experiment with Small Firms

    We study tax compliance in Slovenia using data generated in a field experiment. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an untreated control group and two treatment groups. Companies in the first…