Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-62 // 2000

    What Do Economists Tell Us about Venture Capital Contracts?

    Start-ups in innovative branches require a substantial amount of capital. Their founders may not have sufficient funds to finance the implementation of the ideas alone and might therefore look for outside…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-61 // 2000

    Surprises in Scheduled Releases: Why do They Move the Bond Market?

    This paper analyzes the type of information contained in U.S. macroeconomic news releases in order to explain their relative impact on intraday T-bond futures prices quoted at the Chicago Board of Trade. It is…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-42 // 2000

    Investment Opportunities in Central and Eastern European Equity Markets

    This study focuses on the diversification benefits of the most developed equity markets of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). To evaluate these benefits of diversification we use so-called spanning tests based on…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)