1. ZEW policy brief No. 26-01 // 2026

    Eine Agenda 2035

    Aufgrund des demografischen Wandels und stark steigender Sozialversicherungsbeiträge skizziert dieser Policy Brief eine mögliche „Agenda 2035“ zur nachhaltigen Finanzierung der deutschen…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2026

    Gritty Peers

    We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to explore how high school peers’ grit, a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion, influences long-term outcomes…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 26-007 // 2026

    Transfer Price Documentation Rules and Multinational Firm Behavior – Evidence from France

    In recent years, a growing number of countries have enacted tax rules that require multinational enterprises (MNEs) to document their intra-firm trade prices and show that they are set as in third-party trade.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 26-005 // 2026

    ECB Council Members’ Objectives and Public Debt at Home – Evidence From an AI-Based Textual Analysis

    We examine the changing attention that ECB Governing Council members pay to different policy objectives by analysing more than 4,600 speeches given between the establishment of the ECB and the summer of 2024.…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2026

    Februar 2026

    • ZEW-Index bleibt stabil, Lage verbessert sich weiter
    • Eurozone: Lageindikator verbessert sich, Erwartungen stabil
    • USA: Keine große Änderung der Konjunkturerwartungen
    • China: Lage weitgehend unverändert
    • Weitere…
  6. ZEW policy brief No. 26-02 // 2026

    Turbulence Ahead: Effective and Efficient Climate Policy in Aviation

    Decarbonising aviation is a major challenge. It requires not only determined political measures but also strong incentives for the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). At present, both market-based and…