Background
- President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), 2000 to 2011.
- Chairperson of ARGE
Activities
- In the judgment of external scientific evaluations, Zimmermann completely restructured the institute, realigned it scientifically and brought it to excellence.
Report
- DIW. Die Vermessung der Wirtschaft. 100 Jahre DIW Berlin, Berlin 2025.
- The Transformation of the Institute in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century – Die Transformation des Instituts im ersten Jahrzehnt des 21. Jahrhunderts (article by Alexander S. Kritikos, Günter Stock and Klaus F. Zimmermann)
German version – link to DIW Berlin Website
German version – link to KFZ WEbsite