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Annual Report2013 Imprint Executive Directors: Layout:  ZEW Annual Report Prof Annual Report2013 Imprint Executive Directors: Layout: ZEW Annual Report Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest ZEW Media Design President Photos: Erich Dichiser () ISSN - Thomas Kohl istockphoto () July Director of Business and Administration Martin Kesternich () Felix Kindermann () Publisher: Public Relations: Joachim Loch () Centre for European Economic Gunter Grittmann Presse- und Informationsamt Research (ZEW) Phone +/( ) / - der Bundesregierung () L , . Mannheim E-mail [email protected] Frank Rimmler ( ) Staatsministerium Baden- Address: Editor: Württemberg () Patrick Pilarek Michael Weiland () P.O. Box . Mannheim E-mail [email protected] privat () Phone +/( ) / - Fax +/( ) / - Print: NINO Druck GmbH E-mail [email protected] Neustadt/Weinstraße Internet www.zew.eu Berlin Warsaw London E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r s Scientific Advisory Council Supervisory Board Frankfurt Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest Thomas Kohl Chairman: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Buttler Chairwoman: Minister Theresia Bauer MdL Director Vice-Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Arnold Picot President Vice-Chairman: Dr. h.c. Eggert Voscherau Mannheim Paris Strategic Planning Unit Vienna RESEARCH Research Department Research Department Research Department Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy Industrial Economics and International Management Information and Communication Technologies Prof. Dr. Holger Bonin Dr. Georg Licht Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek Rome Research Department Research Department Research Department Environmental and Resource Economics, International Finance and Financial Management Corporate Taxation and Public Finance Environmental Management Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder PD Dr. Friedrich Heinemann Acting Head: Dr. Klaus Rennings Travelling by plane via Frankfurt International Airport Mannheim is just a short trip from Frankfurt Airport. Travel time via ICE Research Group Research Group high-speed train to Mannheim Central Station is about minutes. International Distribution and Redistribution Competition and Regulation Travel time to Frankfurt by plane (non-stop) Prof. Dr. Andreas Peichl Prof. Dr. Kai Hüschelrath from New York: approx. hrs/from Beijing: approx. hrs SERVICE Information and Communication Knowledge Transfer & Qualification Programmes General Services Palace/ L L L L Gunter Grittmann Thomas Kohl Thomas Kohl University min walking distance Sponsors’ Association Leibniz ScienceCampus Leibniz Research Alliances L , Central Station ZEW Sponsors’ Association • Crises in a Globalised World Science and Practice Chairman: Prof. Dr. Andreas Dulger • Educational Potentials By foot from Mannheim Central Station Vice-Chairman: Dr. Kurt W. Bock • Healthy Aging It is a five-minute walk from Mannheim Central Station to ZEW. • Transition to Renewable Energy • Science . Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) L , · Mann heim/P.O. Box · Mann heim · Germany Pho ne + - · Fax + - July E-mail [email protected] · In ter net www.zew.eu ZEW ANNUAL REPORT 2013 CONTENT EDITORIAL Letter from Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council Letter from the Board of Directors ABOUT US ZEW in Brief · Research Performance · Qualification of Staff · Economic Policy Advice Knowledge Transfer · Staff Report and Financial Statement · International Research Cooperation · Research Data Centre · Databases · SEEK · MaCCI THE RESEARCH UNITS Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy Industrial Economics and International Management Information and Communication Technologies International Finance and Financial Management Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Management Corporate Taxation and Public Finance International Distribution and Redistribution Growth and Business Cycles Competition and Regulation SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT, COMMITTEES AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS SCIENTIFIC OUTPUT Publications in Refereed Journals · ZEW Book Series · ZEW Discussion Papers Prizes and Awards · Doctoral Graduations · Conferences and Workshops COMMITTEES AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS Supervisory Board · Scientific Advisory Council · Sponsors' Association for Science and Practice · Research Associates and Research Fellows · Visiting Researchers · ZEW Alumni STAFF CONTACT Round table discussion at ZEW: EU Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger, Prof. Wolfgang Franz, Prof. Andreas Löschel as well as guests from the worlds of politics and business discuss European energy and climate policy. January 2013 ENERGY AND THE CLIMATE: A DISCUSSION WITH EU COMMISSIONER GÜNTHER OETTINGER AT ZEW The future energy and climate policy challenges facing Europe were the main topic of a roundtable discussion at ZEW with EU Commissioner for Energy Günther H. Oettinger. The event was attended by guests from the areas of business and politics from the Rhine-Neckar Region and by researchers from ZEW. Oettinger advised the German government against going it alone. Given its high energy demands, he stressed that Germany must work together with its European partners to achieve its environmental objectives, lest it damage its industrial base. January 2013 PRESERVING THE EUROPEAN SUCCESS MODEL Within the framework of the ZEW lecture series First-Hand Information on Economic Policy, Roland Koch delivered a talk titled “Germany at the Intersection Between Success and Euro Crisis”. The chairman of the board at Bilfinger SE, Koch described the central poles between which Germany – along with the rest of Europe – is situated. On the one hand, Europe’s economic importance on the global scale has declined, while China has been busy establishing itself as an economic superpower. On the other hand, Europe has lost some of its visionary force in its successful attempts to safeguard peace. Making matters worse is the massive loss of trust in Europe’s ability to meaning- ful control events caused by the euro and sovereign debt crises. Koch urged the audience members to take these developments seriously. Europe must close ranks if it is to preserve its values, mode of life, and prosperity. How to preserve the European model of society and prosperity in a globalised economy? Roland Koch spoke at ZEW within the framework of the lecture series „First-Hand Information on Economic Policy“. February/March 2013 THE END OF AN ERA FRANZ SAYS GOODBYE In 2013, an era came to an end at ZEW: After serving 16 years as president, Wolfgang Franz stepped down for a well-deserved retirement. At a festive goodbye ceremony on 28 February 2013, numerous eminent guests from the realms of academia, business, and politics gathered to thank Franz for his long and successful tenure at the helm of ZEW. Axel A. Weber (UBS) held the encomium for his former colleague on the German Council of Economic Experts, and Baden-Württemberg’s Minister-President, Winfried Kretschmann, awarded Franz the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit for his excellent work. More than 350 guests attended the goodbye ceremony for Wolfgang Franz at ZEW, among them long-standing companions and renowned representatives from the worlds of politics, academia and society. The Minister-President of Baden Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, honours Wolfgang Franz’s dedication to research, education and policy advice with the Federal Cross of Merit. February/March 2013 THE START OF A NEW ERA FUEST SAYS HELLO As Wolfgang Franz was saying goodbye, the new ZEW President, Clemens Fuest, was taking office. In 2012 the respected Oxford economist was picked from the ZEW supervisory board to be the next president. Like his predecessor, Fuest is an experi- enced researcher and policy advisor. In his farewell address, Franz expressed his confidence in the future of ZEW, which had become one of Europe’s leading economic research institutes during his tenure: “I am certain that ZEW will continue its success story under its new president.” From Oxford to Mannheim – Clemens Fuest takes office as new ZEW President and Director of Science and Research. Handover ceremony: Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann, the new ZEW President, Prof. Clemens Fuest, his predecessor Prof. Wolfgang Franz, ZEW Director of Business and Administration Thomas Kohl, and Theresia Bauer, Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of Finance and Chairwoman of the ZEW Supervisory Board. April 2013 SEEK CONFERENCE ENGINES FOR MORE AND BETTER JOBS IN EUROPE Youth unemployment in Southern Europe, demographic change, and a shortage of skilled labour in Germany – growth is needed for more and better jobs all throughout Europe, but how to achieve it? This was the question asked by the 150 participants from the realms of academia, business, and government who assembled at the ZEW conference “Engines for More and Better Jobs in Europe”, the third conference within the “Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies” (SEEK) research programme. The keynote speakers on the first day were Frank-Jürgen Weise (German Federal Employment Agency), Stefano Scarpetta (OECD), and Rita Asplund (Research Institute of the Finnish Economy). On the second day, about 40 international researchers presented papers across a multitude of sessions. Frank-Jürgen Weise, Chairman of the Federal Employment Agency, held the keynote speech at the first day of the SEEK Conference. The second day of the third SEEK Conference was dedicated to sessions and presentations on European labour market and vocational education issues. A confirmed advocate of European integration at ZEW: Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance, addresses the role of Europe’s institutions in the 21st century within the lecture series Mannheim
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