Market-oriented reforms regularly encounter resistance among the general public. Even reforms that are considered to be efficient by economic experts are often rejected by voters e.g., based on fairness…
Legal interest rate restrictions have been a controversial issue among economists for centuries. In practice, several countries have imposed different rules on interest rate ceilings as well as the…
Emission Trading is seen as one of the most important instruments to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases efficiently and to prevent dramatic climate changes.In general it is expected that a higher degree of…
The objective of this research network was the use of innovative approaches to shed light on questions regarding a long-term and integrated climate and energy policy from an economic perspective. First, the…
Objective and motivation of the project: The projects objective is the assessment of the role of sustainability funds in the asset management of German charitable foundations. In this additional project the…
The project focuses on the international context of collective reform decisions in the public sector. The project has two key objectives: First it will deepen our theoretical understanding of the cross-border…
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was introduced by the European Union in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effective and most cost efficient way possible. It has been revised and…
The key role of information and communication technologies for productivity and growth is meanwhile well recognised. The application of new ICT solutions requires, however, a well functioning internet…
In the year 2006 on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen ZEW had developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises. The objective of that index is an international comparison of investment locations…
On the basis of a questionnaire from the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) discussed various possible design options for a…
This project analyses effectiveness of different age-specific production systems on the outcome variables productivity, turnover, and age structure of the workforce from a human resource as well as an economic…