1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-062 // 2008

    Explaining the Employability Gap of Short-term and Long-term Unemployed Persons

    This paper analyzes the determinants of employability differences between short-term and long-term unemployed persons. Knowing these differences could help to address active labor market policy programs more…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-061 // 2008

    Climate Policy and the Problem of Competitiveness: Border Tax Adjustments or Integrated Emission Trading?

    In the absence of an international agreement on climate policy, unilateral carbon abatement creates two problems: It tends to have a detrimental effect on domestic competitiveness, and it leads to an increase in…

  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2008

    September 2008

    • Switzerland: Pessimistic Economic Expectations Prevail
    • Eurozone: Interest Rate Expectations Diminish in August
    • USA: Economic Prospects Look Slightly More Optimistic
    • Japan: The Economy is Contracting
    • Great Britain:…
  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2008

    Nr. 3 (September) - 2008

    • Wie schlimm wird der Abschwung?
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2008
    • Gute konjunkturelle Stimmung bei den wissensintensiven Dienstleistern
    • Implementierung von Geldpolitik und die…
  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2008

    September 2008

    • Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Stabilise
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Lower Inflation Risks Expected
    • Hungary: Good Economic Prospects; Croatia: Potential for the Stock Market
    • Special…