1. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2015

    2015 – Manufacturing Industry Edition

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • Energy Efficiency Increased for most Companies, However Total Consumption is Expected to Increase.
    • The Majority of Companies Expect Decline in Fossil Fuels Consumption.
    • Energy Efficiency…
  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2015

    Measuring the Use of Human Resources Practices and Employee Attitudes: The Linked Personnel Panel

    This paper introduces a new data source available for HRM researchers and personnel economists, the Linked Personnel Panel (LPP). The LPP is a longitudinal and representative employer-employee data set…

  3. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2015

    3. Quartal 2015

    Vor allem der Straßengüterverkehr kann mit steigenden Transportmengen rechnen

    Die Entwicklung auf den deutschen Transportmärkten lässt in den kommenden sechs Monaten kaum Spielräume für Preiserhöhungen.…

  4. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2015

    Earnings Inequality

    Inequality has increased considerably in many Western countries over the past decades. When dealing with economic inequality as a research subject the question “inequality of what among whom?” arises. Analyses…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

    We estimate average causal effects of early‐life hunger on late‐life health by applying instrumental variable estimation, using data with self‐reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-082 // 2015

    Tax Competition in Europe - Europe in Competition with Other World Regions?

    Corporate tax levels have fallen substantially in Europe during the last decades. A broad literature has identified tax competition as one reason for this decline in corporate tax levels. However, none of these…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-081 // 2015

    Let's Stay in Touch - Evidence on the Role of Social Learning in Local Tax Interactions

    This paper exploits detailed information on local political and socioeconomic networks and a reform of local fiscal equalization in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to identify the role of learning in local tax rate…

  8. ZEW Newsletter // 2015

    2015-11

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Annual Conference of the Leibniz ScienceCampus - Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI)
      • 2016 ZEW Public Finance Conference - Fiscal Equalisation in Europe
    3. Staff
      • ZEW President
      • Super…