A high-level delegation from the "Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China" (DRC) and the "Human Resources Study and Training Center" including representatives from several Chinese provinces…
Like a deus ex machina, growth has mutated into the great hope of 2012. Inspired by the election promises of the new French president, increasing support is being garnered by voices of opposition to German-led…
The chaotic situation following the most recent parliamentary elections in Greece make the country’s departure from the eurozone appear more likely. In this interview, ZEW's President Wolfgang Franz shares his…
Researchers from many different fields attended the opening event of "The Economics of Science" on Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1 at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim.
Within the ZEW research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies“ (SEEK), the state of Baden-Württemberg is funding international cooperation between…
The third competition round of the SEEK research programme was successfully concluded with the approval of seven research projects. The research teams of the projects, which will be funded under the programme,…
At the beginning of December 2010, ZEW organised a two-day workshop on recent developments in behavioural microsimulation. Thirty-five researchers from Germany and abroad took the opportunity to discuss recent…
On May 10-11, 2012, the Leibniz ScienceCampus "Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation" (MaCCI) hosted the 6th.workshop of the Competition Law and Economics European Network (CLEEN). Approximately 40…
From May 8-12, 2012, Prof. Richard Deaves, PhD, was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management". Richard Deaves is Professor of Finance and Business…
According to a famous German proverb, "A horrible end is better than horror without end". However, with regard to the insolvency of Schlecker, Europe's largest drugstore chain, this proverb is misleading, for…
