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  1. Dates and News // 20.04.2012

    Dr. Sebastian Peyer Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    From May 7-11, 2012, Dr. Sebastian Peyer will be visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Group Competition and Regulation. He is Post Doctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the…
  2. Dates and News // 20.04.2012

    Professor Frank T. Rothaermel, PhD, Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    From May 2 to June 29, 2012, Frank T. Rothaermel, PhD, Professor at Georgia Tech Business School, will be visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management".…
  3. Dates and News // 20.04.2012

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Rübbelke Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    From April 16 to April 30, 2012, Prof. Dr. Dirk Rübbelke from Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and the Basque Foundation for Science (IKERBASQUE) is visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department…
  4. Questions & Answers // 17.04.2012

    How Effective is the European Fiscal Compact? Important Signaling Effects in the Battle Against Public Debt

    The EU's heads of state have agreed on a fiscal stability treaty for Europe. One aim of the treaty is to stem the excessive public debt levels in many eurozone countries. We spoke with Friedrich Heinemann, the…
  5. Opinion // 12.04.2012

    Web Chatter

    The term of "social" is provided for most people with a sense of well-being or at least with positive connotations. So many institutions use this adjective in various contexts starting with social market…
  6. Research // 27.03.2012

    Study on Corporate Tax Rates: A Comparison of Germany and the EU

    Regarding the effective tax burden of companies, Germany ranks 21st among the 27 EU countries. Only six EU member states raise higher corporate taxes than Germany. Even though fiscal reforms were passed in…
  7. SEEK // 23.03.2012

    SEEK Workshop "The Economics of Public Support to the European Car Industry" (May 3, 2012, Brussels, Belgium)

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven) are pleased to announce the joint workshop "The Economics of Public Support to the European Car Industry",…
  8. Public Events // 23.03.2012

    Mannheim Corporate Tax Day 2012 (Mannheimer Unternehmenssteuertag 2012)

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim jointly organise the Mannheim Corporate Tax Day (Mannheimer Unternehmenssteuertag) for the sixth time already. On June, 21, 2012,…
  9. Research // 19.03.2012

    ZEW Research Project on "Willingness to Spend Money to Prevent CO2"

    Within the framework of a research project, a scientific study has been conducted at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, in December 2011. The aim of the study was the inquiry…
  10. Research // 19.03.2012

    ZEW Research Project on "Willingness to Spend Money To Prevent CO2"

    In a research project, ZEW has conducted a study in order to analyse the real willingness to spend money to prevent carbon dioxide (CO2). ZEW invited 202 people from Mannheim. After the EU emissions trading was…