Acquiring the "Abitur", the German school leaving certificate equivalent to British A Levels, pays off. This is particularly true for students from households in which parents are less well-educated. In their…
In 2005, the number of business start-ups in Germany substantially decreased. Compared to the previous year it dropped by approximately 8 per cent. The decrease in the trade and manufacturing sector was…
The seventh issue of the ZEW Stock Option Watch deals with the costs of stock option programmes and their balance sheet presentation. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim publishes the…
In the survey carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS) in December, the assessment of the financial market experts regarding the current situation of…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany recovered significantly by 9.5 points in December. Compared with minus 28.5 points in November, the indicator's current level of minus 19.0 points is…
Unternehmen, die in Deutschland Leistungen der Transportwirtschaft und der verladenden Wirtschaft nachfragen, müssen sich auf weitere, zum Teil erhebliche, Preiserhöhungen im nächsten halben Jahr einstellen.…
The Internet presence of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) received the 2006 BIENE Award ("Barrierefreies Internet eröffnet neue Einsichten") for barrier-free Internet access, awarded by Aktion…
The Total Expense Ratio (TER) for investments funds, measured as the total costs of a fund as a percentage of the average fund volume during a business year, has increased in a number of European countries in…
In the survey carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS) in November, the assessment of the financial market experts regarding the current situation of…
