For the first time in many years, the number of unemployed in Germany fell below the three million mark in October 2010. In light of the robust labour market, companies are calling for more immigration, as…
The University of Mannheim and ZEW jointly host the Mannheim Corporate Tax Day (Mannheimer Unternehmenssteuertag) 2011. On 21 June 2011, renowned experts from the worlds of academia, business and government…
From 28 March to 21 April 2011, Dr. Sebastian Lazar is a visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance". Sebastian Lazar is Assistant Professor at the University…
In March of this year Europe's heads of state and government will decide on whether to adopt the "Competitiveness Pact" that was jointly proposed by France and Germany on 4 February. The pact, often discussed…
ZEW President Wolfgang Franz welcomed some 200 participants from academia, politics and the economy from 20 countries to the SEEK kick-off conference "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the…
On May 1, 2011, all persons from Central and Eastern Europe will gain the unrestricted right to work in another EU nation. Professor Wolfgang Franz talks about the implications of full freedom of movement for…
The lecture is the calling card of any researcher, providing them the opportunity to present their research findings, methods and even themselves to a wider audience. In such a lecture, it is not only content…
At the end of January a special highlight marked ZEW's research seminar. Prof. Volker Wieland, PhD, from Frankfurt University gave a talk about new proposals for policy analysis after the financial and economic…
Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek, head of the ZEW research group Information and Communication Technologies, has been appointed professor of economics with a focus on applied empirical economic research at the…
If the euro really is to blame for the current difficulties and negative developments plaguing the Eurozone, the chances of the currency union being a success would be very slim indeed. However, this is not the…
