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  1. Personnel // 22.05.2013

    Dr. Yu Shen Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    Dr. Yu Shen, postdoc researcher from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, was visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management" from May 8-22, 2013. His main…
  2. Opinion // 01.05.2013

    The Reform of International Taxation - An Uphill Battle

    The taxation of multinational companies is not a topic suited for soapbox platitudes. It is simply too complex. Yet politicians continue to make it a subject of public debate. The governments of France,…
  3. Questions & Answers // 30.04.2013

    University Studies or Vocational Training – What Returns to Education Can Be Expected? Education pays

    Each additional year of school, vocational training, or university education pays off, leading on average to hourly earnings six per cent higher in one's later professional life. PD Dr. Friedhelm Pfeiffer, an…
  4. Research // 29.04.2013

    Can Family Policy Measures Increase Birth Rates? Sub-Study on Fertility in the Context of the “Overall Evaluation of the Monetary Family Related Benefits” Published

    Today, the Centre for European Economic Research, Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI), Forschungszentrum Familienbewusste Personalpolitik (Munster) as well as the universities of Cologne and…
  5. Conferences // 26.04.2013

    5th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting (June 3-4, 2013)

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation (MaCCI) are hosting the fifth conference on the economics of innovation and patenting in Mannheim on June…
  6. Personnel // 23.04.2013

    Prof. Dirk Rübbelke Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    On April 18 and 19, 2013, Professor Dr. Dirk Rübbelke from the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and the Basque Foundation for Science (IKERBASQUE) was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department…
  7. Public Events // 09.04.2013

    "Europe must Press Ahead with Economic Integration" – Wolfgang Schäuble Speaks at ZEW

    In a lecture held on 8 April 2013 at ZEW, the German Federal Minister of Finance, Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, argued that institutional frameworks are key for building a strong European Union. Schäuble appeared as…