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Can Sustainable Finance Ensure Climate Protection?

ZEW Panel Discussion on Sustainable Finance

14.10.2021 · ZEW (jax/bch/jdi/ybr)

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Is the lack of comprehensible sustainability criteria an obstacle to growth in the sustainable finance sector? In which way do policy measures aimed at a sustainable financial market interact with climate policy instruments? Can investors advance sustainable financial investments effectively by exercising their voting rights? Joined by around 80 online participants, four finance experts from academia and business debated the question of whether sustainable finance can ensure climate protection and addressed the most relevant current developments and topics in the field of sustainable finance. On 22 September 2021, the 90-minute panel discussion was organised by the Sustainable ZEW initiative.

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Assessment of the Economic Situation and Expectations Worsen

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment Stands at 22.3 Points

12.10.2021 · ZEW (msc/fbr/sel)

ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased in the current October 2021 survey, falling 4.2 points to a new reading of 22.3 points compared to September. This is the fifth time in a row that the indicator has experienced a fall. The assessment of the economic situation in Germany has worsened in the current survey, and currently stands at 21.6 points, 10.3 points lower than in the previous month. This is the first time that the indicator has recorded a decline after its continuous increase between February and September 2021. Compared to the previous month, the outlook for the economic development in the next six months has noticeably deteriorated.

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Debt-Equity Bias Should Be Addressed on National Rather Than on EU Level

08.10.2021 · ZEW (csp/lfi/sel)

Research

The economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the debt levels of corporations and reduced the level of investments. Companies can use both equity and debt capital to finance investments. From a tax perspective, interest payments on debt are generally deductible from the corporate tax base, while costs related to equity are not. This debt-equity bias is a deep-rooted issue in today’s tax system and inhibits equity-financed investments. A recent ZEW policy brief shows that harmonisation at the European level is not suitable for solving the tax-induced distortion. Instead, the researchers recommend addressing the debt-equity bias on national level, e.g. by implementing a dual income tax.

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ZEW Economists Discuss Digital Economy and Platforms Online

ZEW Session at the 2021 Beijing Humboldt Forum

01.10.2021 · ZEW (mlr/ybr)

Conferences

Digital platforms are an essential part of the digital economy. How do they work and which policy measures or interventions are useful and necessary from the point of view of consumers and the state? The online session hosted by ZEW Mannheim on the economics of digital platforms at the Beijing Humboldt Forum (BHF) on 25 September 2021 shed light on these questions from various perspectives.

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ZEW Economist Friedrich Heinemann on the Inflation Figure in September 2021

“No Need to Dramatize the Inflation Development Yet”

30.09.2021 · ZEW (fhe)

Comment

The Federal Statistical Office published its preliminary results on the development of the German inflation rate in September 2021. According to the calculations, the inflation rate measured by the German consumer price index has risen from 3.9 per cent to 4.1 per cent compared to the previous month. Professor Friedrich Heinemann, head of the Research Department “Corporate Taxation and Public Finance” at ZEW Mannheim, comments on this matter:

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12.10.2021 · ZEW (thp)
Personnel
ZEW Economist Kathrine von Graevenitz Takes Over Professorship for Environmental Economics at the University of Mannheim
07.10.2021 · ZEW (msc/ybr)
Business Cycle Tableaus by ZEW and Börsen-Zeitung
Positive Economic Development in the Eurozone Economists Also Optimistic About Labour Market
06.10.2021 · ZEW (mun/ybr)
Dates and News
This Year’s ZEW-CDSE Summer Courses on Cutting-Edge Topics Again Scientific Qualification in Cooperation with the University of Mannheim
05.10.2021 · ZEW (ybr)
Committees
Ministerial Director Dr. Hans Reiter Elected New Chairman Change in the ZEW Supervisory Board
30.09.2021 · ZEW (msc/jrr/fbr/sel)
ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment
Release dates for the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment in 2022 are fixed

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ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-076

Does Pay Transparency Affect the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence From Austria

ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-075

Healthy Reviews! Online Physician Ratings Reduce Healthcare Interruptions

ZEWnews English edition

ZEW policy brief No. 21-07

Debt-Equity Bias Should Be Addressed on National Rather Than on EU Level

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Measuring and Analyzing Scope 3 Carbon Emissions: A Business Relevant Framework Decarbonization Seminar/Joint Seminar ZEW and MISES
18.10.2021 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: Decarbonization Seminar/Joint Seminar ZEW and MISES
Speaker: George Serafeim (Harvard Business School, Boston, USA)
Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization
20.10.2021 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: Mannheim Applied Seminar
Speaker: Randi Hjalmarsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Understanding the Resistance to Carbon Taxes A Case Study of Sweden
20.10.2021 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: SWEEEP Seminar
Speaker: Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Industry-University Collaboration and Commercializing Chinese Corporate Innovation
21.10.2021 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: ZEW Research Seminar
Speaker: Po-Hsuan (Paul) Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan)
The Effect of Hate Speech Regulation on German Twitter
25.10.2021 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: QUEST
Speaker: Raphaela Andres (ZEW)

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