1. Finanzmarktreport Schweiz // 2016

    April 2016

    • Neutraler Ausblick, keine Wachstumstreiber
    • Internationale Finanzmarktdaten – Einschätzungen und Erwartungen
    • CHF-Abwertung gegenüber USD erwartet
    • Zinserwartungen für die Schweiz unverändert
    • Analysten erwarten…
  2. ZEWnews // 2016

    03 - 2016

    • Chinesische Patente im internationalen Vergleich – Quantität statt Qualität
    • Orientierungspraktikum bringt Kinder bildungsferner Familien an Hochschulen
    • Ausbau von Glasfasernetzen in Europa lässt noch zu wünschen…
  3. ZEW policy brief Nr. 16-03 // 2016

    Werden die Armen immer ärmer und die Reichen immer reicher? - Zehn Thesen zur Ungleichheitsdebatte

    Derzeit vergeht kaum ein Tag, ohne dass Meldungen über wachsende Ungleichheit Schlagzeilen machen. Nach einer Studie von Credit Suisse besitzen 0,7 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung 45 Prozent des Vermögens. Die…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-024 // 2016

    On Tax Evasion, Entrepreneurial Generosity and Fungible Assets

    We estimate the effects of income from various sources on charitable giving using administrative German income tax data. We demonstrate that charitable contributions are not uniformly affected by different…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-023 // 2016

    Ecological Sufficiency, Individual Liberties, and Distributive Justice: Implications for Policy Making

    We investigate the prospects of voluntary ecological sufficiency for environmental and climate policy under the constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-021 // 2016

    Philanthropy in a Secular Society

    In this study we investigate the relationship between religious and charitable giving. We test how income, the tax-price of giving and the German church tax, differently affect charitable donations of church…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-020 // 2016

    Imputation Rules for the Implementation of the Pre-Unication Education Variable in the BASiD Data Set

    Using combined data from the German Pension Insurance and the Federal Employment Agency (BASiD), this study proposes different procedures for imputing the pre-unification education variable in the BASiD data. To…

  8. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2016

    Ecological Sufficiency, Individual Liberties, and Distributive Justice: Implications for Policy Making

    We investigate the prospects of voluntary ecological sufficiency for environmental and climate policy under the constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency…

  9. Deutscher Immobilien-Finanzierungsindex(DIFI)-Report // 2016

    Quartal 1 - 2016

    • Solide Grundstimmung trifft auf erschwerte Bankenrefinanzierung
    • Verbesserte Finanzierungslage stützt das Finanzierungsumfeld
    • Wohnimmobilien legen am deutlichsten zu
    • Spürbare Eintrübung an den Refinanzierungsmärkten
  10. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    The long-Run effect of fiscal consolidation on economic growth: Evidence from quantitative case studies

    We contribute to the literature on the long-run effect of fiscal consolidation on economic growth by applying a novel method for quantitative case studies. Relying on a qualitative (narrative) definition of…