In November 2012, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the KfW Bankengruppe jointly presented the current report on the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel. Under the title "Start with Strategy – Labour…
The German economy is on the upswing. The institutes forecast an increase of the real gross domestic product by 3.5 percent in 2010 and 2.0 percent in 2011. The situation on the labour market will continue to…
Some 80 per cent of German households have an overdraft credit. According to experts of consumer protection organisations, the interest rates on overdraft credits are too high. A study presented in Berlin on…
From July 3 until September 28, 2012, Alina Botezat, PhD, will be visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy". She is a researcher at the Gh. Zane…
From June 12-15, 2012, Prof. Francis Greene, PhD, was visiting researcher at the ZEW Research Department "Industrial Economics and International Management". He is Professor of Small Business and…
Energy policy has to meet several targets such as security, environmental compatibility, and economic efficiency at the same time. The success of these efforts can be illustrated using only few indices. A…
Regarding the effective tax burden of companies, Germany ranks 21st among the 27 EU countries. Only six EU member states raise higher corporate taxes than Germany. Even though fiscal reforms were passed in…
Within the framework of a research project, a scientific study has been conducted at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, in December 2011. The aim of the study was the inquiry…
