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  News // 24.07.2024

  The German Electricity Market Needs Local Prices

  pricing also means that new industrial investments can benefit from the local surplus of green electricity. Those who invest in hydrogen production, data centres or green steel factories in Mecklenburg today [...] on the table. Distributional issues, such as those that may arise between electricity-intensive industry in the south and offshore wind farm operators in the north, can also be resolved without undermining
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  News // 25.06.2024

  “More Job Changes Would Benefit Us”

  other, billions are spent on the production of green steel, then the priorities are not right. HB: Germany’s growth is very low compared to other industrial nations and the country is falling behind in many [...] is good for the economy because people move from shrinking, less productive companies to growing industries. This boosts productivity and thus growth. More job changes would benefit us. HB: So far, policymakers [...] Saarland or Baden-Württemberg, which rely heavily on internal combustion engines and energy-intensive industries. HB: Do people need to move to places like Brandenburg to work at Tesla? Not necessarily. Half
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  News // 13.09.2023

  Sound Climate Policy Correlates with Prosperity

  a mechanism for compensation is necessary: companies exporting steel to Europe should pay a tariff. Ideally, Europeans exporting steel abroad should receive reimbursement for the high climate-related [...] Ukraine war, which has, for instance, boosted the arms industry? Wambach: The war represents an unprecedented rupture. It is true that the arms industry benefits, but the significant loss of well-being we [...] government is extending support to companies pivotal for the green transition and contemplating an industrial electricity price cap for energy-intensive enterprises. However, these measures fall short. The
• News // 10.06.2005

  ZEW President Franz on Wage Policy

  edition of the ZEWnews. - Steel Wage policy finds itself once more beleaguered by familiar problems, as can be seen in the new collective wage agreement for the steel industry. The contract provides for [...] Slowdowns in the steel industry are a foregone conclusion. Countries such as China are increasingly able to meet their own needs through domestic production, while other foreign steel producers like Russia [...] palatable, an upper limit for distributed profits could prove a reasonable compromise. The steel industry is an industrial environment perfectly-suited to reap the benefits of a profit-sharing model. Unfortunately
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  Press Releases // 20.07.2022

  Early Industrialisation Hampered Economic Development in the Long Term

  “The regions’ dependence on large, capital-intensive companies – often in heavy industries such as coal, iron and steel – was only beneficial for economic development until the middle of the 20th century [...] past, the country’s northern regions used to possess economic power, high wages and traditional industries. Over time they have experienced severe deindustrialisation and have fallen behind in the ranking [...] managed to make the transition from relatively backward, agricultural regions into new, innovative industrial hubs. A recent study by ZEW Mannheim in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth attributes
• Press Releases // 29.11.2001

  ZEW Financial Market Survey: European Stocks are the Top Tip for 2002

  analysts recommended investing in selected growth sectors such as the telecommunications industry. This industry in particular should profit from recently lowered interest rates. Furthermore, the financial [...] Accordingly, they also advise against relying too heavily on cyclical sectors such as the auto or steel industries. They advise investors in German bonds to make only short to medium-term investments and to
• Press Releases // 21.10.2016

  Sentiment Amongst German Business Managers in China Improves

  services sector and in the consumer goods industry in the coming six months. "Expectations for the building sector as well as for the steel and metal industry, however, remain gloomy," explains Dr. Michael [...] Michael Schröder from the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). "For these industries, the experts continue to expect a significant decline in investment activity." The German managers recognised
• Press Releases // 25.01.2016

  ZEW-PwC China Economic Barometer - Sentiment Amongst German Business Managers in China Remains Subdued

  goods industry, in individual trade, in the service sector as well as amongst banks and insurance brokers. In contrast, experts do expect to see levels of investment in the steel and metal industry fall
• Press Releases // 03.05.2016

  German Know-How Counteracts Poor Growth

  over-capacities, significant decreases are expected to be seen in the construction and steel and metal industries. For more information please contact Dr. Michael Schröder , Phone +49(0)621/1235-368, E-mail
• Events // 30.06.2015

  Catch-up Cycles and Changes in Industrial Leadership in Six Industries

  Many industries have witnessed numerous changes in industrial leadership and successive catch-up by late entrants. The incumbent fails to maintain its superiority in production or market shares, and [...] phones, memory chips, camera, steel, mid-sized jets, and wine. These cases were analysed in view of the common theoretical framework on successive changes in the industrial leadership and a catch-up cycle [...] gains leadership, then loses to another latecomer. We call these phenomena of successive changes in industrial leadership as 'catch-up cycles', where catch-up means a substantial closing of the gap in market