ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

Researchers at the ZEW participate in scientific debates by publishing their papers. The papers are predominantly in English (marked). For the German papers an English abstract is available. The contributions are intended for a final publication in special interest titles. The discussion papers can be downloaded as PDF or PostScript files starting from 1.1.1998. They aimed at national and international target groups.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-039 // 2023

    Committing to Grow: Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany

    This paper investigates a unique policy designed to maintain employment during the privatization of East German firms after the fall of the Iron Curtain. The policy required new owners of the firms to commit to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-037 // 2023

    The Value of a Loss: The Impact of Restricting Tax Loss Transfers

    We study the economic consequences of anti-loss trafficking rules, which disallow the use of loss carry-forwards as tax shield after a substantial ownership change. We use staggered changes to anti-loss…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-038 // 2023

    The Benefits of Auctioneer Competition: Merging Auctions and Adding Auctioneers

    In a lab experiment, we analyze the benefits of increasing competition on auction platforms hosting multiple auctioneers of a homogeneous good. We find that increasing competition by merging separated individual…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-036 // 2023

    Multinational Firms in Tax Havens – Corporate Motives, Regulatory Countermeasures, and Recent Statistics

    We investigate multinational firms' activities in tax havens and regulatory efforts to curb these activities in three steps. First, we discuss the evolution of information exchange and disclosure regimes among…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-035 // 2023

    Strategic Management in Public Procurement: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Equity and Efficiency

    A key issue in strategic management in the public sector is how government creates economic and social value through procurement. Unfortunately, most procurement studies are based on contract theories, which…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-034 // 2023

    Homeownership Rates, Housing Policies, and Co-residence Decisions

    Homeownership rates differ widely across European countries. We document that part of this variation is driven by differences in the fraction of adults co-residing with their parents. Comparing Germany and…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-033 // 2023

    Would You Like to Super-Size Your Car? The Effect Of Environmental Subsidies on Emissions

    I study the impact of subsidies for Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) on carbon emissions. I show that subsidizing innovations without considering consumer behavior can harm the environment. I provide descriptive…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-032 // 2023

    Not as Good as it Used to Be: Do Streaming Platforms Penalize Quality?

    We study the incentives of a streaming platform to bias consumption when products are vertically differentiated. The platform offers mixed bundles of content to monetize consumers’ interest in variety and pays…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-031 // 2023

    Skills Shortage and Innovation Openness

    Skills shortage has become a key policy issue in highly developed and innovation-oriented economies, with non-negligible consequences on firms’ innovation activities. We investigate the effect of skills shortage…

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