Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-083 // 2014

    Unemployment and Labor Reallocation in Europe

    We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected European economies. Our measure of sectoral labor reallocation is adjusted for aggregate…

  2. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2014

    November 2014

    • fmoWeitere Abkühlung der Konjunktur erwartet
    • EZB: Inflationserwartungen gehen zurück
    • USA: Lageeinschätzung gibt auf hohem Niveau leicht nach
    • Japan: Lage- und Erwartungseinschätzung weitgehend unverändert
    • Großbritann…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-080 // 2014

    Youth Unemployment in the OECD: The Role of Institutions

    This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment. The empirical results are basically consistent with an insider view of labor market…

  4. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2014

    November 2014

    • Gloomy Economic Outlook for Switzerland
    • Inflation Expectations Recede Again
    • Interest-Rate Expectations Reflect the Economic Outlook
    • US Dollar Expected to Appreciate
    • Stock-Market Expectations Dialed Back
    • Export…
  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)