Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim is an economic research institute and a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, president of the Institute, and Thomas Kohl, director of business and administration, ZEW employs a staff of about 180. ZEW is one of Europe’s leading economic research institutes.

ZEW is subdivided into the five research fields:

and three research groups:

ZEW’s guiding mission is to study the optimal performance of markets and institutions in Europe. ZEW’s expertise lies particularly in the area of applied microeconometrics and in computable general equilibrium models. Research findings are presented at conferences and published in scientific journals. ZEW also contributes to current political and economic discussions by issuing a variety of its own publications. Furthermore it is offering seminars.