Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-59 // 2005

    Payout Policy and Owners’ Interests – Evidence from German Savings Banks

    The savings banks’ decision to distribute profits among their public owners is strongly regulated by law in order to guarantee their adequate funding via retained profits. However, the legal scope is reluctantly…

  2. ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen Vol. 77 // 2005

    Finanzierung, Börsengang und Performance mit unterschiedlichen Venture-Capital-Gebern

    Venture Capital liefert einen wichtigen Beitrag für die Finanzierung von Innovationen, die für eine dynamische Volkswirtschaft von zentraler Bedeutung sind. Diese Arbeit untersucht das Verhalten…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-50 // 2005

    Is there a Difference? The Performance Characteristics of SRI Equity Indexes

    Investments in socially responsible investments (SRI) are still a small, but growing segment of international capital markets. This study analyses whether a SRI screening process applied to equities results in a…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)