Despite the internet revolution, economic growth in many industrialized countries (measured in real gross domestic product) has been significantly lower in recent years than in previous decades. This may be due to…
The research project investigates price elasticities of electricity demand in Switzerland. Hourly demand elasticities are derived for Switzerland using consumption data on canton level. Special focus is put on the…
To strengthen an economy’s competitiveness, many industrial countries support their firms’ R&D activities. The types of support are either a project-based direct subsidization or an R&D tax incentive scheme. While…
ZEW researchers provided research support to the independent advisory board of the German stability council. They assist the council organizationally and contentwise with the preparation of its biannual…
This project aims at analysing the research and innovation performance of Switzerland compared to other regions of similar size and economic structure. The project focuses on the following four indicator areas:
The central purpose of the Priority Program was to advance top level research to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing labor markets in Germany in particular and throughout Europe in a global…
The aim of the project is to identify areas of economic and scientific-technological strength in Europe for individual countries and derive clusters of areas for prospective economic development. For each area, we…
The purpose of the project is to monitor the process of digitalisation of Baden-Württemberg’s economy. The analysis is mainly based on a representative business survey and allows differentiating with respect to…
The aim of the project is to document the role of German private banks in the German economy. The study will consist of two parts. In the first part, the results on the role of private banks for export financing…
During the debate on base erosion and profit shifting of multinational firms the claim for the disclosure of certain tax-related information on a per-country basis, the so called country-by-country reporting,…
In 2016, the German manufacturing of machinery and equipment industry’s labour productivity was less than in 2005. It increased until 2008 but dropped significantly in the crisis year 2009. It was not until 2011…