The German Federal Government appointed Prof. Dr. Lars Feld to the German Council of Economic Experts. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiegard from the University of Regensburg, who is leaving the council. Prof.…
Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder, head of ZEW's International Finance and Financial Management research department, has accepted a professorship in asset management at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is pleased to announce the kick-off conference of the research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies"…
From 31 January until 4 March 2011, Nicolas Classen is Visiting Researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management" within the STRIKE network funded by COST. At ZEW,…
From 1 Febuary 2011 to 31 March 2011, Dr. Reinald Koch is Visiting Researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance". He is senior research assistant at the Institute for…
December 2010 saw the course on “Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies” at ZEW in Mannheim come to an end. Over the course of ten weeks, participants from government institutions in China and Vietnam had…
In 2010 ZEW took part for the very first time in a campaign to share knowledge in economics with students at a school in a socially disadvantaged area of Chicago. Eighth-grade students were introduced to key…
In October, the number of people unemployed in Germany dipped below the 3-million mark for the first time in a long while. In the face of a healthy labour market, firms are increasingly calling for more skilled…
From 15th February 2011, the monthly ZEW Newsletter will also be available in English. Our international readers can stay informed on the same issues discussed in the German-language newsletter through the ZEW…
Since 1998, Prognos AG, Basel, and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, have conducted a quarterly survey of 300 experts in the field of transport about the development of transport…
