Bisher berechneten das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) und das Bureau van Dijk (BvD) den ZEW-ZEPHYR M&A-Index, der die Entwicklung weltweit abgeschlossener Fusionen und Übernahmen seit Beginn des Jahres 2000 abbildet. Der bestehende ZEW-Zephyr M&A-Index stellt ein wichtiges...

We apply a relatively novel leading–lagging (LL) method to four leading and one lagging indexes for industrial production (IP) in Germany. We obtain three sets of results. First, we show that the sentiment-based ifo index performs best in predicting the general changes in IP (−0.596, range...

Investor sentiment and behavior play an important role in financial markets. Using a unique data set consisting of more than 36.5 million submitted retail investor orders over the course of five years, Matthias Burghardt constructs an innovative retail investor sentiment index. He shows that...

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Stellungnahme zum zweiten Monitoring-Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Energiewende. Zur Begleitung des Monitoring-Prozesses "Energie der Zukunft" wurde von der Bundesregierung eine Kommission aus unabhängigen Energieexperten berufen. Die Expertenkommission...

The increasing number of energy and climate targets both at national and international level induces a rising demand for regular monitoring. In this paper, we analyse the possibilities and limits of using energy efficiency indicators as a tool for monitoring these targets. We refer to the energy...

"Local Energy Governance: Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable and Decentralised Energy in France and Japan examines the extent of the energy transition taking place at a local level in France and Japan, two countries that share ambitious targets regarding the reduction of GHG emissions,...