1. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    Wall Street Crosses Memory Lane: How Witnessed Returns Affect Professionals' Expected Returns

    Witnessing stock-market history in the making creates a vivid story, but does not provide valuable information. However, finance professionals extrapolate from personally witnessed returns, which we show by…

  2. ZEW-Newsletter // 2016

    2016-11

    1. Aktuelles
    2. Call for Papers
      • Dritter Workshop zu räumlichen Dimensionen des Arbeitsmarkts
      • Interdisziplinäre Konferenz zu flexibler Arbeit im digitalen Zeitalter
    3. Personalia
      • Gremien
      • Gäste am ZEW
  3. Gutachten // 2016

    Analyse der Unterbrechungen der Stromversorgung nach § 19 Abs. 2 StromGVV

    Das Problem der Unterbrechungen der Stromversorgung nach §19 StromGVV hat in den vergangenen Jahren erhebliche öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit erfahren und Rufe nach Maßnahmen zur Minderung von Stromsperren wurden…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-078 // 2016

    The Contribution of Different Public Innovation Funding Programs to SMEs’ Export Performance

    This paper studies the effects of different public innovation funding programs on the innovation output and export performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of…

  5. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    Capital Shortfalls of European Banks since the Start of the Banking Union

    Since the start of the Banking Union in November 2014, European banks lost nearly half their market capitalization. Important risks in bank balance sheets are still unaccounted for requiring an even larger…

  6. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    Introducing the “Leverage Ratio” in Assessing the Capital Adequacy of European Banks

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) disclosed the effect of losses in a stress test on bank capital ratios on 29 July 2016. We assess the capital adequacy of these banks based on these disclosures and using two…