The project analyses different policy instruments to support investments into renewable energies. In particular, uncertainty of demand and of technological progress is taken explicitly into account. A real option…
The project is concerned with a comprehensive analysis of the sector of family enterprises in Germany. The analysis focuses on different questions: Main topics are the quantitative assessment of the economic…
This project analyzes the performance of the trading strategies of Deutsche Bank, which utilize the so called “forward premium puzzle”. The basis of these strategies are currency baskets in which low-yielding…
The project focuses on the question as to how selected regional measures for climate mitigation (i.e. induced by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg) affect macroeconomic indicators, such as gross domestic…
This project evaluates the anti-competitive impact of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in EU using event study methodology. Substantial amount of literature indicates that M&A generate abnormal returns to…
The analysis of high-tech start-ups is one of the main areas of work covered by the department of Industrial Economics and International Management. However, ZEW studies to date, along with almost all other…
About 19% of the population living in Germany possesses a migration background. A migration background is given if the person or its physical parents is born abroad and if the persons or his/her parents possesses…
Population trends are leading towards regional disparities. Prosperous regions are facing shrinking ones. An increasing average life expectancy will raise the number of households. Then again, a lower demand for…
The Genuss-Scheine have a very long tradition in Germany. They give the non-shareholder some typical shareholder rights, as participation in profit, liquidation proceeds, or assets. The Genuss-Scheine are,…
Environmental extended IO tables and externality estimates are extremely useful for the use in and further development of socio-economic tools for sustainability impact assessment, esp. macroeconomic models like…
In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees. From…