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#ZEWlive on the Economic Impact of the Ukraine War

13.05.2022 · ZEW (ybr)

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This year, 8 May, Victory in Europe Day, celebrating the end of the Second World War, was more symbolic than ever. The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a serious humanitarian crisis. The consequences of the war are being felt around the world. But what impact does the war in Ukraine have on the economy? This was discussed by U.S. Consul General Norman Thatcher Scharpf and ZEW President Professor Achim Wambach on 10 May 2022 as part of the digital event series #ZEWlive. The event was moderated by journalist Jessica Sturmberg.

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How Do Demographics and Climate Change Influence Financial Markets?

ZEW Conference on Ageing and Sustainable Finance

12.05.2022 · ZEW (kki/ybr)

Conferences

How do demographic change and climate change affect financial markets and their actors? In what ways do they influence financial decision-making, pensions, interest rates, and even the architecture and regulation of financial markets and institutions? To explore these questions, ZEW Mannheim organised a conference on “Ageing and Sustainable Finance” from 6 to 8 April 2022.

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Expectations increase slightly, but remain strongly negative

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment Stands at Minus 34.3 Points

10.05.2022 · ZEW (msc/fbr/thc/deg)

ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment

The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany recorded an increase in the current May 2022 survey, rising 6.7 points to a new reading of minus 34.3 points. The assessment of the economic situation in Germany has worsened again in the current survey. The corresponding indicator dropped 5.7 points to a new level of minus 36.5 points. This is the third decrease of the indicator since the start of the war in Ukraine. The expectations and assessments of the economic situation continue to point to a deterioration of the German economy during the next six months.

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Lowering the Voting Age to 16 Is Not the Silver Bullet

Voters Should Start Caring More About Future-Oriented Policies Regardless of Their Age

03.05.2022 · ZEW (sel)

Research

Due to demographic change, Germany is increasingly developing into a so-called “gerontocracy”. A reform lowering the voting age to 16 is supposed to counteract this. A recent study by ZEW Mannheim examines the question of whether such a reform is ambitious enough to anchor future-oriented interests more strongly in current politics. The study suggests that lowering the voting age does little to change a central limitation of democracy: If voters care only about their narrow interests, then policies will tend to be strongly shaped by the present and, in this case, an ageing society. Intergenerational altruism among voters should be encouraged and more investments should be made to improve voters’ education about long-term policy challenges.

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Germany Needs More Digital Sovereignty

First-Hand Information on Economic Policy on the EFI Annual Report 2022

02.05.2022 · ZEW (sel)

Events

It is undisputed that Germany has some catching up to do in terms of digitalisation. Particularly in digital key technologies and the digital transformation of the health care system, the Federal Republic cannot keep up with other countries, criticise the members of the Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI) in their Annual Report 2022. On 28 April 2022, Professor Irene Bertschek, head of the ZEW Research Department “Digital Economy” and member of the EFI Expert Commission, and Dr. Anna Christmann, Commissioner for the Digital Industry and Start-ups of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, discussed the measures that the government coalition parties envisage with regard to digitalisation as part of the ZEW event series "First-Hand Information on Economic Policy”.

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09.05.2022 · ZEW (tko/fhh/sel)
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DATI: Wenn schon, denn schon!

ZEW expert brief No. 22-04

Representing the Future in Aging Societies: Policy Implications of the Voting Age Reform in Germany

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18 Jahre EU-Osterweiterung: Wo Osteuropäer/innen in Deutschland arbeiten

ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-012

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Beiträge zum Innovations‐Monitoring für die Metropolregion Rhein‐Neckar

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Tenth Mannheim Conference on Energy and the Environment
16. - 17.05.2022 · Scientific Events Conference
Keynote Speakers: Lucas Bretschger (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), Arthur van Benthem (The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA), Paul Ferraro (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), Erica Myers (University of Calgary, Canada)
Amenity Shocks in the Labor Market
18.05.2022 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: Mannheim Applied Seminar
Speaker: Gianluca Violante (Princeton University, USA)
Coase, Hotelling and Pigou: The Incidence of a Carbon Tax and CO₂ Emissions CANCELLED
18.05.2022 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: ZEW Research Seminar
Speaker: Wolfram Schlenker (Columbia University, New York, USA)
Energy Prices and Electric Vehicle Adoption
18.05.2022 · Scientific Events Research Seminars: SWEEEP Seminar
Speaker: Erich J. Muehlegger (University of California, Davis, USA)
Final Conference Collaborative Research Centre SFB 884 Political Economy of Reforms
19. - 20.05.2022 · Scientific Events Conference

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