___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Z E W N E W S L E T T E R E N G L I S H E D I T I O N No. 2012-05 May 29, 2012 (Yvonne Braeutigam, newsletter-en at zew.de ) http://www.zew.eu _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Content 1. NEWS 2. Call for Papers 2.1. ZEW Workshop on "Education and Equality of Opportunity" (October 21-23, 2012) 3. STAFF 3.1. Visiting Researchers 4. PRESS RELEASES 5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE 5.1. Financial Market Report Switzerland 5.2. Financial Market Report CEE 5.3. Discussion Papers 5.4. Expertises IN GERMAN LANGUAGE 5.5. ZEWnews 5.6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market Report) 5.7. ZEW-Gruendungsreport (ZEW Report on Firm Foundations) 5.8. Gutachten/Forschungsberichte (Expertises) 6. NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS 7. EVENTS 7.1. Scientific Events 8. JOB OFFERS _____________________________________________________________________ 1. NEWS 25.05.2012 SEEK Research Programme - Awarding of Projects 2012: 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, will now start their work. Altogether, 23 project proposals were developed by ZEW employees in cooperation with internationally renowned researchers. The proposals were evaluated by the scientific board of the SEEK research programme which consists of international researchers. Additional information on SEEK: http://seek.zew.eu 21.05.2012 MaCCI Hosts Annual Workshop of the Competition Law and Economics European Network (CLEEN): 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 researchers from all over Europe met in Mannheim to attend 20 presentations. Read more: http://www.zew.de/news2021 08.05.2012 Minister Friedrich Opens SEEK Workshop on the Competitiveness of the European Car Industry: Which public support measures can help the European car industry to overcome the crisis? What is the long-term benefit of state aid measures, e.g. car scrappage schemes? Which instruments are especially useful in the European context? These are some of the questions which have been discussed from a European perspective by international researchers, representatives from the European Commission, stakeholders of the European car industry, and decision-makers from the political sphere at the SEEK workshop "The Economics of Public Support to the European Car Industry". Read more: http://www.zew.de/news2009 02.05.2012 Q&A: How Effective is the European Fiscal Compact? - Important Signaling Effects in the Battle Against Public Debt: The EU's heads of state have agreed on a fiscal stability treaty for Europe. One aim of the treaty is to stem the excessive public debt levels in many eurozone countries. We spoke with Friedrich Heinemann, the head of the Research Department of "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" at ZEW, about the extent to which the treaty will encourage sound fiscal policy. Read more: http://www.zew.de/news1974 01.05.2012 ZEW President Wolfgang Franz on "Web Chatter": The term of "social" is provided for most people with a sense of well-being or at least with positive connotations. So many institutions use this adjective in various contexts starting with social market economy to social partners. When it comes to "social" networks such as Facebook, Google+, and Twitter, however, the connotations have not been universally positive in past months, even for many formerly ardent supporters. The ends pursued by these networks are often not "social", but rather commercial, and profit-oriented as marketer of user data. Indeed, it is almost shocking to observe the naivete with which not just younger users have contended that the operators of such networks have altruistic motives. Perhaps such notions would be halfway acceptable if it weren't for recent developments. Read more: http://www.zew.de/news1969 For current news, please visit: http://www.zew.de/news 2. CALL FOR PAPERS 2.1. ZEW Workshop on "Education and Equality of Opportunity" (October 21-23, 2012): The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is pleased to announce the Workshop "Education and Equality of Opportunity" in Mannheim on October 21-23, 2012. We invite empirical contributions from PhD students and post-doc researchers from education economics or psychology, providing experimental and other empirical causal evidence on reducing educational inequalities. Preference will be given to papers providing experimental or quasi-experimental evidence on ways to increase equality of opportunity in education. Please submit your paper to education2012 at zew.de no later than July 15, 2012. Additional information and Call for Papers: http://www.zew.de/eduequality2012 3. STAFF 3.1. Visiting Researchers Professor Richard Deaves, PhD, Visiting Researcher at ZEW: >/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 Economics at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, in Ontario. His research activities focus on the areas of behavioural finance and expectation formation. During his stay at ZEW, he was working with ZEW researchers on a working paper on the predictability of risk premiums on the German stock market. Additional Information on Prof. Richard Deaves, PhD: http://www.degroote.mcmaster.ca/faculty/profiles/deaves.html 4. PRESS RELEASES 18.05.2012 - ZEW (zil/kbo) ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) - Economic Expectations Brighten up: Economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have increased by 9.2 points in May 2012. Consequently, the ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator CEE currently manoeuvres at 14.6 points. The economic sentiment indicator for the CEE region and further financial market data have been surveyed monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, with the support of Erste Group Bank, Vienna, since 2007. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press2017 16.05.2012 - ZEW/CS (gla/kbo) ZEW-CS Financial Market Test Switzerland - Economic Expectations Tarnish: Economic expectations for Switzerland have dropped by 6.1 points in May 2012. Thus, the ZEW-CS Indicator currently manoeuvres at the minus 4.0 points-mark. The ZEW-CS Indicator is calculated monthly by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse (CS). The indicator reflects the expectations of the surveyed financial market experts regarding the economic development in Switzerland on a six-month time horizon. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press2015 15.05.2012 - ZEW (cdi/fmo/kbo) ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment - Expectations Deteriorate: The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany has decreased by 12.6 points to a level of 10.8 points in May 2012. Thus, the indicator has deteriorated for the first time after five consecutive increases. As a result, expectations about the development of the German economy in the next six months are still at positive territory, but have tarnished compared to the previous survey. It may have contributed to this month's decline that the outcome of the elections in Greece and France has given rise to doubts that European governments will resolutely fight the sovereign debt crisis. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press2014 08.05.2012 - ZEW (she/kbo) M&A Activities in the Automotive Sector Continue to Decline: The companies in the automotive industry had been on an extended shopping trip during the last decade. But in 2011, M&A activities in the sector collapsed. The worldwide number of acquisitions, mergers, and participations decreased by 42 per cent compared to the previous year. Within the same period, the aggregated transaction volume even dropped by 68 per cent from 16.7 billion euros to 5.4 billion euros, which is the lowest value since 2004. This is the result of an analysis by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, based on the Zephyr database of Bureau van Dijk (BvD). The database contains information on worldwide acquisitions and mergers, initial public offerings, and private equity transactions. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press2005 07.05.2012 - ZEW (fhe/ggr) ZEW Expert on the Legislative Package ESM/Fiscal Contract: "The European Fiscal Contract hasn't got anything to do with stubborn austerity policy", clarifies Dr. Friedrich Heinemann. The head of the Research Department "Corporate Taxation and Public Finance" at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim in fact indicates that improved national debt limits signal a turn towards a sustainable fiscal policy. This allows countries to regain market confidence, even though the current deficits are still high. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press1999 03.05.2012 - ZEW (joh/ggr) Information Economy - Product and Service Sales on the Internet Could Be Expanded: In 2011, only 13 per cent of the companies in the information economy sold products and services on the Internet. However, 65 per cent of the companies within this sector used the Internet to obtain goods and services. These are the results of a representative company survey conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research in March 2012. Read more: http://www.zew.de/press2004 For current press releases, please visit: http://www.zew.de/en/presse 5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE 5.1. Financial Market Report Switzerland Financial Market Report Switzerland June 2012 * Economic Outlook for Switzerland: Expectations Deteriorated in May * Current Economic Situation: Further Improvements * Inflation Expectations: Has Inflation Bottomed Out? * Interest Rates: Forecasts Little Changed * Stock Market Outlook: Mixed Picture * Swiss Franc vs. Euro: EUR/CHF Expected to Remain Stable * Special Questions: Swiss Economic Growth Download as PDF(*): http://www.zew.de/FinancialMarketReportSwitzerland062012.pdf 5.2. Financial Market Report CEE Financial Market Report CEE June 2012 The Financial Market Report CEE June 2012 will be published soon. The report adresses the economic outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the eurozone as well as the results of the special question concerning the distribution of income in the CEE Region in 2012. Download in a few days as PDF(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/fmt_cee/FMTCEE062012.pdf 5.3. Discussion Papers Martin Kesternich; Andreas Lange; Bodo Sturm The Impact of Burden Sharing Rules on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods Download as PDF(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp12033.pdf Martin Brown; Hans Degryse; Daniel Hoewer; Maria Fabiana Penas How Do Banks Screen Innovative Firms? Evidence from Start-Up Panel Data Download as PDF(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp12032.pdf Abdel Ben Youssef; Mounir Dahmani; Nessrine Omrani Students' E-Skills, Organizational Change and Diversity of Learning Process: Evidence from French Universities in 2010 Download as PDF(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp12031.pdf 5.4. Expertises Marcus Kappler, Jan Hogrefe, Steffen Osterloh, Andreas Sachs, Atilim Seymen and Martin Scheffel (2012): Studie zum Thema Demografie und zukuenftige EU-Strukturfondsfoerderung (Study on Demographics and the Future of EU Structural Funding), Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin. Additional information and download: http://www.zew.de/publication6589 IN GERMAN LANGUAGE 5.5. ZEWnews The ZEWnews May 2012 German edition contains articles on: * Quality Vocational Education Pays Off for Firms * Innovations: Broad Financing Is Favourable * Motorist Shortage - Definitely a Problem * On the Market Potential of New Propulsion Technology * Teaching vs. Research - On the Time Exposure of German Professors * Q&A: Why is Germany Sparsely Attractive for Foreign Professionals? * On the Pros and Cons of the Taxation of Financial Transactions * Leibniz ScienceCampus MaCCI Gets Started - Inaugural Conference at ZEW * Abbot Primus Notker Wolf Speaks at ZEW * Opinion Regarding Sins Download as PDF (German only)(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/zn/zn0512.pdf 5.6. ZEW-Gruendungsreport (ZEW Report on Firm Foundations) The ZEW Gruendungsreport No. 1, May 2012, observes the current situation of firm foundations in Germany. The contributions within this edition treat the topics of "Start-Up Financing Provided by Banks: The Influence of Ratings and Bank Consolidation" and "Is Equity Financing an Attractive Financing Model for Young Companies?" Download as PDF (German only)(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/grep/Grep0112.pdf 5.7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market Report) ZEW Financial Market Report June 2012 * Damper for Economic Expectations * Eurozone: Constant Interests and Inflation Rates Expected * USA: Economic Expectations Are Deteriorating * Japan: Situation Indicator Further Keeps Improving * Great Britain: Economic Prospects Are Tarnishing * Special Question: Inflation and Monetary Policy Download as PDF (German only)(*): http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/frep/062012.pdf 5.8. Gutachten/Forschungsberichte (Expertises) Christian Rammer, Birgit Aschhoff, Dirk Crass, Thomas Eckert, Georg Licht, Michael Astor, Stephan Heinrich, Daniel Riesenberg, Michael Woywode, Robert Strohmeyer, Vartuhi Tonoyan and Niclas Rueffer (2012): Begleit- und Wirkungsforschung zur Hightech-Strategie: Systemevaluierung KMU-innovativ, Abschlussbericht (Accompanying and Impact Research on the High-Tech Strategy: System Evaluation "KMU-innovativ", Final Report), Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Mannheim and Berlin. Additional information and download (German only): http://www.zew.de/publication6594 Friedrich Heinemann, Florian Misch, Marc-Daniel Moessinger, Christoph Schroeder and Mustafa Yeter (2012): Stellungnahme zum Gesetzespaket Fiskalvertrag, ESM und Bundesschuldenwesen, Anhoerung Deutscher Bundestag, Haushaltsausschuss, 7. Mai 2012 (Opinion on the Legislative Package Fiscal Contract, ESM, and Federal Debt Management, Hearing at the German Bundestag, Budget Committee, May 7, 2012), Mannheim. Additional information and download (German only): http://www.zew.de/publication6592 Georg Licht, Dirk Crass, Thomas Eckert, Mark O. Sellenthin, Oliver Pfirrmann, Stephan Heinrich, Robert Strohmeyer, Vartuhi Tonoyan and Michael Woywode (2012): Ex-Post-Evaluierung der Foerdermassnahmen BioChance und BioChancePlus (Ex Post-Evaluation of the Support Measures BioChance and BioChancePlus), Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Mannheim. Additional information and download (German only): http://www.zew.de/publication6590 Birgit Gehrke, Ulrich Schasse and Christian Rammer (2012): Forschung und Entwicklung, Innovationen und Wirtschaftsstruktur: Niedersachsen im nationalen und internationalen Vergleich, Analysen von ausgewaehlten Innovationsindikatoren fuer das Niedersaechsische Ministerium fuer Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr (Research and Development, Innovations and Economic Structure: The Federal State of Lower Saxony in a National and International Comparison, Analysis of Selected Innovation Indicators for the Federal Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport of the State of Lower Saxony), Hannover. Additional information and download (German only): http://www.zew.de/publication6582 (*) Please note: PDF files can be displayed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The software can be downloaded for free: http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader 6. NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS SEEK Project 2012: Competitiveness Impacts in the World with Uneven Carbon Constraints - Examining the Implications of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on Energy-Intensive Industries http://www.zew.de/project1202 SEEK Project 2012: Corporate Social Responsibility and Credit Costs http://www.zew.de/project1199 SEEK Project 2012: Does the German Government Distribute Direct R&D Subsidies Efficiently? http://www.zew.de/project1204 SEEK Project 2012: Effects of Knowledge and Learning in Technology Adoption: Social Networks, Adoption, and Persistence in the Video Game Market http://www.zew.de/project1195 SEEK Project 2012: Financial Stress and Economic Dynamics: Asymmetries Within and Across Euro Area Countries http://www.zew.de/project1203 SEEK Project 2012: Taxation and Corporate Innovation http://www.zew.de/project1206 SEEK Project 2012: Why Do Governments Fund Applied Research Institutions? - Theory and Empirical Evidence from the German Fraunhofer Institutes http://www.zew.de/project1205 Welfare, Wealth, and Work for Europe http://www.zew.de/project1201 7. EVENTS 7.1. Scientific Events 25.-26.06.2012 Conference: Mannheim Energy Conference 2012 Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/energy2012 27.-28.06.2012 Conference: 3rd Conference on Recent Developments in Macroeconomics Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/macroconference2012 28.-29.06.2012 Conference: 10th ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/ict-conference 12.07.2012 ZEW Research Seminar: Money talks ... - Whistleblower Reward Programs in Public Enforcement of Competition Law Speaker: Dr. Eckart Bueren (Max-Planck-Institut fuer auslaendisches und internationales Privatrecht) Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/event1680 19.07.2012 ZEW Research Seminar: On the Long-Run Effect of a Currency Changeover on Prices: The Case of Restaurants Speaker: Dr. Thomas A. Aife (University of Heidelberg) Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/event1683 26.07.2012 ZEW Research Seminar: Revisiting the Complementarity Between Education and Training - The Role of Personality, Working Tasks, and Firm Effects Speaker: Dr. Katja Goerlitz (RWI Essen) Location of the event: ZEW, Mannheim Additional information: http://www.zew.de/event1663 8. JOB OFFERS 10.05.2012 Researchers for the Research Department "Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management" For the complete job offer, please visit: http://www.zew.de/career361 _____________________________________________________________________ IMPRINT Publisher: Centre for European Economic Research GmbH (ZEW) L 7, 1 - 68161 Mannheim - Germany - http://www.zew.eu Phone +49 621/1235-01 Fax +49 621/1235-255 Seat of the company: Mannheim Local Court Mannheim HRB 6554 Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Gerhard Stratthaus, MdL, Minister, ret. 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