The qualification of its staff is very important to ZEW. Last year, several dissertations were completed at ZEW. We would like to thank all supervisors, especially the first advisors.

Dissertations since January 2011:

Anja Schmiele, "Internationalisierung der FuE-Taetigkeit von Unternehmen", Prof. Juergen Weigand, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fuer Unternehmensfuehrung (WHU) - Otto Beisheim School of Management.


Astrid Dannenberg, "On the Provision of Global Public Goods - Experimental Evidence on Climate Change Mitigation Issues", Prof. Joachim Weimann, Otto-von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg.

Christof Ernst, "Steuerliche Anreize fuer Forschung und Entwicklung", Prof. Christoph Spengel, Universitaet Mannheim.


Dries De Smet, "Essays on the Economics of Media Platforms", Prof. Patrick van Cayseele, K.U.Leuven.

Gordon Jochem Klein,  "Essays in Competition and Innovation - An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis", Prof. Justus Haucap, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf.

Joerg Ohnemus, "Empirical Analysis of Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing", Prof. Alexandra Spitz-Oener, Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin.


Karsten Reuss, "Age-Dependent Human Capital Investments and Socio-Economic Outcomes", Prof. Wolfgang Franz, Universitaet Mannheim.


Kathrin Mueller, "Humankapital in neu gegruendeten Unternehmen - Vier empirische Untersuchungen", Prof. Martin Biewen, Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen.


Mariela Borell, "Private Equity in Europe: Investment Selection, Resource Allocation and Financial Distress", Prof. Michael Grote, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main.

Steffen Osterloh, "Fiscal Policy Decision-Making: New Evidence on its Determinants and Effects on Public Opinion", Prof. Eckhard Janeba, Universitaet Mannheim.


Thomas Walter, "Evaluating Key Characteristics of Germany's 2005  Welfare Reform with a Focus on Immigrants", Prof. Olaf Huebler, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover.

Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi, "Sektorale Inzidenz und Effizienz der Klimapolitik: Eine quantitative oekonomische Analyse", Prof. Christoph Boehringer, Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg.


Waldemar Rotfuss, "Ueber hochfrequente Preisreaktionen europaeischer Emissionsberechtigungen auf Nachrichten", Prof. Juergen Kaehler, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg.