Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-067 // 2014

    The Phillips Curve: (In)stability, the Role of Credit, and Implications for Potential Output Measurement

    The path of output prior to the financial and economic crisis turned out to be not sustainable and lower than previously estimated in some European crisis countries. Specifically, the output gaps have been…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-066 // 2014

    Overleveraging in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Europe

    Overleveraging of the banking sector has been considered as one of the main causes of the 2007-09 financial crisis and the subsequent great recession. It was also of major concern for the subsequent BIS…

  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2014

    October 2014

    • Negative Economic Outlook for First Time in Long While
    • Interest-Rate Expectations Reflect the Economic Outlook
    • Inflation Apparently Not an Issue
    • US Dollar Expected to Appreciate
    • Bullish Stock-Market Expectations…
  4. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2014

    Oktober 2014

    • Abwärtstrend des ZEW-Index deutlich gebremst
    • EZB: Leitzinssenkung lässt auch Zinserwartung sinken
    • USA: Wirtschaftslage verbessert sich weiter
    • Japan: Lageeinschätzung verschlechtert sich erneut
    • Großbritannien:…
  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2014

    September 2014

    • Expectations for the CEE Region Deteriorate
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Stable Economic Sentiments
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Economic Outlook Deteriorates
    • Turkey: Economic Expectations Deteriorate
    • Spe…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)