1. Financial Market Report CEE // 2007

    June 2007

    • Results of the First Survey: Strong Economic Situation in CEE States
    • A Slightly Positive Outlook for the Eurozone, a Better one for the CEE States
    • Strong Current Economic Situation in the Czech Republic and…
  2. Non-Refereed Journal // 2007

    Neu Maß nehmen: Auswirkungen der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008

    Description and evaluation of the German tax reform in 2008 decided by the Federal Government on 14th March 2007.

  3. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2007

    Nr. 2 (Juni) - 2007

    • Anhaltende Dynamik der konjunkturellen Entwicklung in Deutschland
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • ZEW-Finanzmarkttest: Ergebnisse der Maiumfrage 2007
    • Dienstleister der Informationsgesellschaft: Unternehmen…
  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2007

    Patent Policy in Network Industries

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-034 // 2007

    Inequity Aversion and Individual Behavior in Public Good Games: An Experimental Investigation

    We present a simple two-steps procedure for a within-subject test of the inequity aversion model of Fehr and Schmidt (1999). In the first step, subjects played modified ultimatum and dictator games and were…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2007

    Juni 2007

    • Investitionen tragen den Aufschwung
    • EZB: Zinserhöhung steht bevor
    • USA: Konjunkturerholung erwartet
    • Japan: Moderates Wachstum
    • Großbritannien: Warten auf die Bank of England
    • Sonderfrage: Kriterien für die Wahl von…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-033 // 2007

    Explaining Women's Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women's Work

    The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-032 // 2007

    Exports and Productivity Growth - First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach

    A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-031 // 2007

    Earnings Prospects for People with Migration Background in Germany

    Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the…

  10. M&A Report // 2007

    May 2007

    • High dynamism in M&A activity in Asia
    • BRIC countries catching up
    • Significant increase in transaction values
    • Pharmaceuticals: market leaders under pressure
    • M&A in central and eastern Europe slowly declining
    • Which…
  11. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    May 2007

    • Economic Expectations Brighten up Again
    • Eurozone: Favorable Economy Amid Dangers of Inflation
    • USA: Concerns Surrounding the Economic Trend Continue to Linger
    • Japan: Fewer Survey Respondents Expect an Interest-Rate…
  12. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-030 // 2007

    Lost in Transmission? Stock Market Impacts of the 2006 European Gas Crisis

    Around the turn of the year 2005/2006, the Russian freezing of natural gas exports to the Ukraine led to a European gas crisis. Using event study technique, we first investigate whether the Russian…