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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany drops by 7.2 points in August 2010. The indicator now stands at 14.0 points after 21.2 points in the previous month. This value is below the indicator's historical average of 27.3 points. read more
Economic Expectations for Switzerland brighten up again somewhat in August. The relevant ZEW-CS- Indicator recorded a gain of 6.9 points, reaching the 9.1 mark. This is revealed by the current Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS). read more
The economic sentiment indicator CEE which reflects the assessment of the financial market experts regarding the economic development in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on a six months time horizon increases by 9.1 points in August. Thus, the economic expectations reach the 20.5 points mark. The economic expectations for the CEE region are surveyed monthly together with other financial market data by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) with the support of the Erste Group Bank, Vienna. read more
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is pleased to announce a workshop on recent developments in behavioural microsimulation. The workshop aims at bringing together 15-20 economists and scholars in related fields from Europe and overseas.
A particular focus of the workshop will be on developments beyond the standard labour supply model, such as the integration of non-unitary household models or issues related to child care into microsimulation models. Other topics of interest include the link between microsimulation and macro models, welfare analysis, and the ex-ante evaluation of family policies. Contributions from other areas of behavioural microsimulation are equally welcome.
Submissions for the workshop (full papers in PDF or MS Word format) should be sent to microsim2010@zew.de by October 15, 2010. read more
