Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-045 // 2009

    The European Commission and EUA Prices: A High-Frequency Analysis of the EC's Decisions on Second NAPs

    This paper investigates price formation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The aim of the paper is to know what is happening to the European Union Allowance (EUA) price, when new…

  2. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    September 2009

    • Economic Expectations Improve Again
    • Eurozone: Optimism Over the economy and Rising Interest Rate Expectations
    • USA: Analysts Are Upbeat
    • Great Britain: Specialists Expect no Change in Benchmark Rate
    • Japan: Brightening…
  3. Financial Market Report CEE // 2009

    September 2009

    • Economic expectations for the CEE region improve considerably
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Optimism about business prospects
    • Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Clearly improved economic outlook
    • Special…
  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2009

    Nr. 3 (September) - 2009

    • Der Absturz in Deutschland ist gestoppt
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Augustumfrage 2009
    • Unternehmen des Wirtschaftszweigs vorsichtig optimistisch
    • Langfristige Diversifikationseffekte an den…
  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2009

    September 2009

    • Der Optimismus kehrt zurück
    • EZB: Vorerst unveränderte Zinsen erwartet
    • USA: Experten blicken wieder optimistischer in die Zukunft
    • Japan: Die Konjunkturerwartungen für Japan steigen wieder
    • Großbritannien: Experten…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-042 // 2009

    Higher-Order Beliefs Among Professional Stock Market Forecasters: Some First Empirical Tests

    A sizeable literature reports that financial market analysts and forecasters herd for reputational reasons (See e.g. Devenow and Welch (1996) and Hirshleifer and Teoh (2003) for surveys). As an example, Lamont…

  7. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2009

    August 2009

    • Economic Expectations Edge Down Again
    • Eurozone: Experts Expect Short-Term Interest Rates to Hold Steady
    • USA: Almost 57% of Respondents Forecast Improving Economic Outlook
    • Great Britain: Waning Economic Situation…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)