When industrial production melds seamlessly with modern information and communication technologies (ICT), a new economic era called "Industry 4.0" will arise, some experts predict. To explore the potential of…
The banks participating in the current ZEW Forecast Survey have revised downward their expectations for the German stock market index in the past three months. On average, however, the banks still expect an…
Professor David Brownstone, PhD, is a visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Department “Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management” from September 26 to 30, 2014. He is Professor of…
Professor Thomas Stratmann, PhD, was a visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Department “Corporate Taxation and Public Finance” from September 17 to 21, 2014. He is Professor of Economics and Law at George…
As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Germany is committed to enabling broad participation by disabled children and adolescents in standard school education. ZEW…
Some 5.5 million youths under 25 are currently unemployed in the EU. While not a new problem, youth unemployment has become much more acute since the outbreak of the last economic crisis. Across the EU, youth…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the University of Mannheim jointly host the MaCCI Law and Economics Conference on Financial Regulation and Competition in Mannheim on November 6 and 7, 2014.…
