The new seminar programme of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim has recently been published. From September 2011 until June 2012, ZEW offers numerous expert…
Video games reduce crime rates because they keep potential criminal offenders enthralled to their computer or gaming console. Thereby less time remains to commit crimes. These are the…
During the coming years, there will be continuing pressure on the housing markets in the university cities of Baden-Württemberg. Especially in big university cities, mainly Stuttgart,…
Older employees assess the return of their training measures lower than younger employees in German companies. Although companies spend approximately the same amount of money per…
In Germany the exit from nuclear energy within ten years is possible. Due to the exit period chosen, there is no reason to fear power supply instabilities. However, the change in…
Around 39 per cent of the companies in the economic sector service providers of the information society operate abroad and sell their products and services in different regions…
The economic sentiment among companies in the economic sector service providers of the information society remains positive in the middle of 2011. Neither strong increases nor…
Industrial energy consumers, especially energy-intensive companies – e.g. in the chemical industry or in steel production or aluminium production – larger business enterprises, local…