Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2017

    Cutting Out the Middleman – The ECB as Corporate Bond Investor

    The European Central Bank’s Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP), launched in June 2016, increased the supply and lowered the cost of capital for eligible, i.e., investment grade, Eurozone firms through…

  2. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2017

    November 2017

    • Economic Expectations for China Bright Despite Decline in CEP Indicator
    • 33 analysts participated in the November survey, which was conducted during the period 26 October till 15 November 2017
  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2017

    Dezember 2017

    • Stabiles Wachstums auf relativ hohem Niveau
    • Eurogebiet: Positive Einschätzung der Konjunkturlage
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen legen deutlich zu
    • Japan: Konjunkturlage verbessert sich deutlich
    • Großbritannien:…
  4. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2017

    October 2017

    • Economic Expectations for China Once Again Show Considerable Improvement
    • 26 analysts participated in the October survey, which was conducted during the period 29 September till 17 October 2017
  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2017

    November 2017

    • Positiver Wachstumsausblick für die nächsten sechs Monate
    • Euroraum: Konjunkturerwartungen gehen zurück
    • USA: Konjunkturlage verbessert sich
    • Japan: Konjunkturausblick verbessert sich
    • Großbritannien:…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-036 // 2017

    Do Local Governments Tax Homeowner Communities Differently?

    This paper investigates whether and how strongly the share of homeowners in a community affects residential property taxation by local governments. Different from renters, homeowners bear the full property tax…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)