News

  1. Personnel // 07.01.2016

    ZEW Economist Sascha Steffen Takes Over Professorship for Financial Markets at the University of Mannheim

    Professor Sascha Steffen, head of the Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management" at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), has officially taken over the professorship for…
  2. Research // 21.12.2015

    2015 Innovation Indicator Published - Study from ISI and ZEW Compares Innovation Performance in 35 National Economies

    Germany is closing in on Switzerland and Singapore, the two countries leading in international innovation rankings. Germany now ranks in fifth place in international comparison.
  3. Opinion // 17.12.2015

    German Federal States Require Greater Tax Autonomy

    If German Minister of Finance, Wolfgang Schäuble, should happen to be stuck for ideas as to what to give his state ministers for Christmas, he need only read the states' proposal for reform of the German…
  4. Questions & Answers // 16.12.2015

    Q&A: What Can We Expect from the European Banking Union? - "Fiscal Stability and Sustainable Growth Remain a Distant Hope in Europe"

    What began in 2007 as a crisis in the financial sector quickly expanded into a government debt crisis that continues to plague the politics and economy of Europe. The banking system has a double-edged role:…
  5. Dates and News // 16.12.2015

    ZEW Starts New Year at ASSA Annual Meeting

    At the beginning of the year, ZEW will participate in the ASSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco from 3-5 January 2016. The event, organised by the American Economic Association, is the world's most important…
  6. Guests at ZEW // 14.12.2015

    Cesare A. F. Riillo, PhD, Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    Cesare A. F. Riillo, PhD, was a visiting researcher in ZEW's Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management” from November 16 to December 13, 2015. He is researcher at the National…