Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-049 // 2006

    The Impact of Country-Specific Economic Developments on ECB Decisions

    The confidence that financial markets are able to discipline the debt behaviour of governments in the euro area is not very high. One possible reason could be that the European Central Bank accepts all European…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-046 // 2006

    Market Discipline and the Use of Government Bonds as Collateral in the EMU

    The confidence that financial markets are able to discipline the debt behaviour of governments is not very high. Therefore, the Stability and Growth Pact has been implemented as an institutional constraint to…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-043 // 2006

    Evaluating Conditional Asset Pricing Models for the German Stock Market

    We study the performance of conditional asset pricing models in explaining the German cross-section of stock returns. Our test assets are portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market as in the paper by Fama and…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-041 // 2006

    What Determines the Inclusion in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Analysis for European Companies

    This paper examines the determinants of the inclusion of European companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index. In doing so, the paper contributes to the…

  5. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2006

    July 2006

    • Results of the First Survey: Robust Economic Situation in Switzerland
    • Eurozone: Expectations Slightly Positive
    • USA: Bleak Economic Prospects
    • Japan: Economic Prospects Remain Unchanged
    • Great Britain: Stagnating…
  6. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 35 // 2006

    The Market Approach to Comparable Company Valuation

    Corporate valuation using multiples is one of the most popular corporate valuation approaches. In this book, the different steps of this valuation approach such as the selection of comparable companies or the…

  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2006

    Juli 2006

    • Abwärtsbewegung setzt sich fort
    • EZB: Fortführung der Zinserhöhung erwartet
    • USA: Magere Konjunkturaussichten
    • Japan: Konjunkturabschwung erwartet
    • Großbritannien: Konjunktureller Stillstand
    • Sonderfrage:…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)