Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2016

    December 2016

    • Analysts Expect Rising Share Prices and a Sluggish Economy
    • International Financial Market Data — Assessments and Expectations
    • Stock-Market Expectations Rise Significantly
    • Analysts Tend to Expect the Franc to…
  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    An analysis of euro area bond maturities and simulation of the introduction of new CACs

    This paper studies the maturity structure of sovereign debt in the euro area and the penetration of the sovereign debt stock with a new type of collective action clauses (CACs), labeled Creditor Participation…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Thinking About Prices versus Thinking About Returns in Financial Markets

    Prices and returns are alternative ways to present financial market information and to elicit financial market expectations. But do investors make sense of prices and returns in the same way? Also, do they state…

  4. ZEW-PwC-China Economic Barometer // 2016

    Fourth Quarter 2016

    • Improved Economic Outlook: Turnaround in Sight?
    • Government Demand still Crucial, Domestic Demand Up
    • Mobile Payment Systems: China well ahead - Huge Scepticism (still) in Germany
  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    November 2016

    • Konjunkturerwartungen nehmen moderat zu
    • Eurozone: Inflationserwartungen nehmen deutlich zu
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen nahezu unverändert
    • Japan: Konjunkturerwartungen verschlechtern sich leicht
    • Großbritannien:…
  6. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2016

    November 2016

    • International financial market data — assessments and expectations
    • Higher long-term interest rates anticipated
    • Analysts count on stable CHF
    • Majority expects higher inflation rates
    • Cautious assessment of the stock…
  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2016

    Oktober 2016

    • Konjunkturerwartungen bleiben unverändert
    • Eurozone: Inflationserwartungen nahezu unverändert
    • USA: Moderates Wachstum
    • Japan: Konjunkturlage verbessert sich leicht
    • Großbritannien: Konjunkturerwartungen legen deutlich…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)