Latest Press Releases

  1. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 12.09.2006

    Substantial Increase in Transport Volume Causes Growing Prices

    In the coming six months, the demand for services of the German transport and loading industry will keep up its positive development owing to the favourable economic situation. Thus, partially appearing…
  2. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 25.08.2006

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment

    Over the past months, public debate has centred around the diverging economic expectations presented in the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the ifo…
  3. CH Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 24.08.2006

    ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Positive Assessment Prevails, but Medium-term Growth Outlook Less Optimistic

    The Financial Market Test Switzerland carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS) in August confirms the overall positive sentiment that has prevailed…
  4. ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment // 22.08.2006

    ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Downward Trend continues

    The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany dropped by 20.7 points in August. Compared with 15.1 points in July, the indicator's current level of -5.6 points is now far below its historical average of…
  5. Research // 17.08.2006

    ZEW Energy Market Barometer - Experts Support Cartel Proceedings of European Commission

    The vast majority of the experts questioned for the ZEW Energiemarktbarometer (Energy Market Barometer) support the determined measures of the European Commission to liberalise electricity markets. This applies…
  6. Research // 16.08.2006

    Innovations in Germany – Vehicle Construction at the Top

    In 2004, vehicle construction industry spent 27.7 billion euros on innovation projects and thus outdoes every other sector in Germany. For 2005 and 2006, German vehicle construction also expects rising…
  7. Research // 14.08.2006

    2008 Corporate Tax Reform – Federal Government's Plans on the Brink of Failure

    The federal government's plans for the 2008 corporate tax reform cannot meet their own requirements. The tax reform is neither expected to significantly improve the fiscal attractiveness of German locations nor…
  8. Dates and News // 10.08.2006

    Professional Training at ZEW – Seminar Programme 2006/2007 Published

    The new seminar programme of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, has been published. From September 2006 to June 2007, the research institute offers a series of expert seminars on the…
  9. Research // 07.08.2006

    Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Germany – Research Performing SMEs Benefit More from Innovations

    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continuously carrying out research and development (R&D) benefit significantly more from innovations than companies without an own R&D activity. This gap becomes…