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SEEK Workshop on European Public Finances Through the Financial Crisis at ZEW
On June 10-11, 2014, ZEW hosted the SEEK workshop “European Public Finances Through the Financial Crisis”, which was jointly organized with the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, and the Institut des politiques publiques (IPP), Paris.
read moreTASKS III Conference: Changing Tasks – Consequences for Inequality
The third international BIBB/IAB/ZEW Conference titled "Changing Tasks – Consequences for Inequality" took place at the IAB in Nuremberg from May 26 to 28, 2014. The conference was co-financed under the international research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European…
read moreFourth SEEK Annual Conference "Public Finance and Income Distribution in Europe" at ZEW
Fiscal policy and public debt, income and wealth inequality in Europe, the prospects for a European fiscal union – these topics are at the heart of current academic and policy debates against the backdrop of the euro crisis. The fourth annual conference of the SEEK (Strengthening Efficiency and…
read moreNew SEEK Projects Started on April 1, 2014
The review process of proposals submitted for the fifth call for projects in the SEEK research programme has been completed. Six new projects started on April 1, 2014. In a rigorous selection process, an expert committee of renowned researchers assessed 26 high-quality project proposals and finally…
read moreCall for Project Proposals 2014: ZEW Research Programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK)
Overcoming the Crisis in Europe is the overarching topic of this year’s fifth call for project proposals of the research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies" (SEEK) at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). One objective of the SEEK…
read moreSEEK Closing Workshop on Climate Policy, Technology, and Competitiveness in Dublin
The closing workshop of SEEK project "Competitiveness Impacts in a World with Uneven Carbon Constraints" took place in Dublin on September 11, 2013. ZEW researchers Dr. Michael Hübler and Dr. Oliver Schenker jointly hosted the workshop with Carolyn Fischer, PhD, from Resources for the Future (RFF).
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