One of the issues that will figure prominently in the upcoming German parliamentary election is whether to increase taxes on wealth. For the most part, Germany currently taxes wealth…
Paula Schliessler, researcher in the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management", was honoured with the Bent Dalum PhD Award 2013 at the DRUID Academy…
Sven Heim, researcher in the ZEW Research Group “Regulation and Competition”, was honoured with the Best Paper Award at the 8th International Energy Industry Meeting (IEWT) in Vienna,…
Every year, the European Union and its Member States spend billions of euros for funding Research and Development (R&D) projects both in companies and public research organisations.…
The international research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK) at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is…
Since the start of 2013, marginal employees in Germany with so-called "mini-jobs" – i.e. positions that are not subject to social insurance contributions and income taxation – may…