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  1. Dates and News // 20.12.2012

    ZEW’s Energy Expert Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel Presents First Expert Report on the Monitoring Process "Energie der Zukunft" in Berlin

    On December 19, the commission of experts for the monitoring process "Energie der Zukunft" (Energy of the Future) presented the federal ministers Peter Altmaier and Dr. Philipp Rösler its first statement on the…
  2. Personnel // 18.12.2012

    Levani Bzhalava Visiting Researcher at ZEW

    Levani Bzhalava is visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management" from December 3, 2012, to January 31, 2013. He is a PhD student at the University of…
  3. Dates and News // 17.12.2012

    ZEW Staff Present Christmas Gifts to Children and Teenagers from Wespin-Stift (Dorothea Wespin Foundation Mannheim)

    Members of staff of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) arranged a little Christmas party for children and teenagers from Wespin-Stift children’s home in Mannheim. On December 17, some 30 children…
  4. Opinion // 13.12.2012

    Banking Union

    "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it." The efforts on the part of some governments in the eurozone to set up a functional European banking union by the beginning of 2013 might certainly remind us…
  5. Questions & Answers // 13.12.2012

    What Does the Future Hold for German Green Power Subsidies? For the Foreseeable Future, Renewable Energy Will not Be Able to Manage Without Subsidies

    Next year, German consumers will have to dig much deeper into their pockets to support green electricity. A surcharge on electricity consumption used to finance subsidies, the so-called EEG levy, will jump from…
  6. Dates and News // 04.12.2012

    Delegation of VUZF University Visits ZEW

    A delegation of VUZF University from Bulgaria visited the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim on December 4, 2012. VUZF is the first Bulgarian university to specialise in finance, insurance,…
  7. SEEK // 29.11.2012

    Call for Project Proposals 2013: ZEW Research Programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK)

    Within the ZEW research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK), the state of Baden-Württemberg is funding international cooperation projects between…
  8. Research // 29.11.2012

    ZEW one of the Leading Research Partners for WWWforEurope

    WWWforEurope (Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe) started in April 2012 as a four-year research project within the 7th Framework Programme funded by the European Commission. The project aims at contributing to…
  9. SEEK // 28.11.2012

    ZEW Holds Workshop on Patent Litigation in Europe

    How can the European Patent system be designed more efficiently? How is patent litigation dealt with currently across Europe, and where will the on-going harmonisation process take us? These are some of the…