Expectations play a fundamental role in economic theory. Survey based expectations carry economically important and timely information on the current and future development of economy. The main aim of…
The ERAWATCH research inventory service contains a comprehensive and coherent set of information on the policy context, the structure and evolution of the RTD systems in all the EU member States and the States…
Innovations stand for technological progress and are important for firms in order to remain competitive. But innovation activities are associated with high costs and uncertainties. Since in particular micro and…
The main task of this project is to analyze ways of retailisation of investment funds not regulated by the UCITS derivative. The study concentrates on two European markets: Poland and Germany.
Energy Forecast 2009 wants to establish a cosistent set of scenarios regarding a realistic long-term evolvement of supply and demand of energy resources in Germany. Interaction on the energy markets will be taken…
To date there is no data set in Germany, which observes firm formations not only on an annual basis but also continuously over a number of years. Thus the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), the KfW…
The European Union’s commitment to moving to a low carbon economy, including a reduction of greenhouse gases of at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, raises potential competitiveness concerns in…
The German labour market is characterised by high employment stability and low dynamics due to a high degree of regulation. There are, however, important segments with low employment stability and short…
The aim of the project is a comprehensive analysis of the price formation process of exchange-traded European emission allowances (EUAs). The primary goal is to determine the influence of publicly and privately…
The projects aims to analyse the contributions of intangible investments to innovation, competitiveness, growth and productivity in Europe. The understanding of the effects of intangibles assets are vital for some…
The project aims to provide a better understanding of the impact of venture capital and private equity financing on the economic performance of innovative entrepreneurial ventures in Europe, as …
In recent years, the importance of business sector start-ups for a country’s economic prosperity has been emphasised in economic and political discourse. It is argued that the foundation of firms has a…