Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-085 // 2024

    Crisis? What Crisis? Bank Stability, Financial Development and Propaganda

    How does government control over mass media affect banking system? Our theoretical model predicts that if the media are biased, depositors are less likely to run on their bank, but also less likely to deposit…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-083 // 2024

    Beyond Knowledge: Confidence and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy

    Women are less likely to correctly answer the “Big-3” financial literacy questions, and a substantial share of the gap reflects women’s lower confidence. In our experiment, women are more likely to choose “do…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Dezember 2024

    • Neuwahlen und EZB-Geldpolitik lassen Konjunkturerwartungen steigen
    • Eurozone: Leichter Optimismus trotz anhaltender Unsicherheiten
    • USA: US-Konjunktur bleibt robust
    • China: Erwartete Konjunkturstabilisierung
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-082 // 2024

    Forceful or Persistent: How the ECB’s New Inflation Target Affects Households’ Inflation Expectations

    We study how households adjust their medium-term inflation expectations under the new ECB inflation targeting strategy. Survey respondents make little difference between the previous strategy of targeting…

  5. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    11/2024 – Financial Literacy

    Financial literacy is a key skill in today's world. It influences individual prosperity, which in turn has an impact on the national economy. In view of the increasingly complex financial world and the growing…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    November 2024

    • Konjunkturerwartungen unter dem Eindruck von Trump-Sieg und Ampel-Aus
    • Eurozone: Sinkender Optimismus nach US-Wahl
    • USA: Deutlich optimistischere Konjunkturerwartungen nach Trump-Sieg
    • China: Trump-Sieg dämpft…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)