After a lengthy political dispute over a required reform of the German inheritance tax system, the mediation committee of the Federal Government and the Länder has reached a compromise. Professor Christoph…
Today, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published the 2016 edition of Education at a Glance, comprising the OECD’s annual indicators on education. Dr. Friedhelm Pfeiffer, deputy…
For the President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Achim Wambach, the decision reached today by the Federal Constitutional Court in regard to the ECB's OMT programme constitutes a wise middle…
In his analysis of the outcomes from the EU summit to address the refugee crisis, held in Brussels, Professor Friedrich Heinemann,head of the Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" at the…
Professor Fuest, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), comments today's ECB decision: "The ECB was right to decide against an extension of monthly asset purchases. The effectiveness of…
Dr. Martin Achtnicht, Senior Researcher and Acting Deputy Head of the ZEW Research Department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management", assesses the climate effects resulting from the…
