Der "Jahresmonitor" der Stiftung Familienunternehmen“ ist die größte vergleichende Befragung von Familienunternehmen und Nicht-Familienunternehmen. Der Schwerpunkt der Erhebung liegt auf der Frage, wie die Resilienz der deutschen Volkswirtschaft gesteigert werden kann. Die Studie wurde im...

Zum dritten Mal haben das ZEW Mannheim und die Universität Mannheim alle 16 deutschen Landesparlamente zur Schuldenbremse befragt. Dieses langfristige Umfrage-Projekt wird durch den von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft geförderten Sonderforschungsbereich 884 "Die politische Ökonomie von...

This paper aims to raise the awareness and knowledge about state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Germany - a sizable but often ignored part of the overall public sector which the authors of this ZEW expert brief, therefore, label the "other government" - to facilitate an informed debate about the...

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) provide opportunities for a more flexible and market-based provision of public services. At the same time, they may impair fiscal transparency and offer politicians discretion in the presence of strict fiscal rules if these only constrain the core udget. Using a...

Der erstmals vorgelegte Bundesländerindex der Stiftung Familienunternehmen untersucht die Standortqualitäten der deutschen Bundesländer. Das ZEW Mannheim hat unter Leitung von Professor Friedrich Heinemann eine Vielzahl von Einzelindikatoren betrachtet und gewichtet. Damit können die...

This study explores the interests and positions of Central and Eastern European (CEE) Member States in the European Monetary Union (EMU) reform debate. Its starting point is the observation that this debate is largely dominated by contributions from the larger Western European coun-tries.

This study analyzes trends in the Eurosystem's rules and country allocations of the Public Sector Purchase Program (PSPP) and the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP). The synopsis of purchase rules reveals how the ECB Council has loosened the initially strict constraints over time and...

This study explores the positions of economic experts from Central and Eastern European (CEE) Member States in the euro reform debate. Given the dominant voices from French and German politicians and acacemics in the European discourse, there is an obvious neglect for the positions of CEE...

The European Commission has proposed to inaugurate a European Minister of Economy and Finance with the broad purpose of streamlining the complex and fragmented decision-making processes within the European Monetary Union. The Minister would jointly serve as Vice-President of the Commission and...