ZEW Discussion Papers

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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. 03-53 // 2003

    The Impact of ICT on Profit Allocation within Multinational Groups: Arm’s Length Pricing or Formula Apportionment?

    The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) within multinational groups leads to a rising number of intragroup cross-border transactions. At the same time, transactions and the organisational…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-51 // 2003

    Local User-Producer Interaction in Innovation and Export Performance of Firms

    There is ample evidence that user-producer interaction is an important factor for successful innovations. It is often claimed that user-producer interaction is most effcient in close proximity. On the other…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-49 // 2003

    Do Fixed-Term Contracts Increase the Long-Term Employment Opportunities of the Unemployed?

    The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-48 // 2003

    What Determines the ZEW Indicator?

    This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-47 // 2003

    Works Councils and the Productivity Impact of Direct Employee Participation

    This paper measures the productivity impact of management-led participative establishment practices. On the basis of a representative German establishment data set, the IAB establishment panel, the study finds…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-46 // 2003

    Strategic Complementarities Between Different Types of ICT–expenditures

    Multivariate Tobit models are estimated using German cross–sectional data to test whether strategic complementarities exist between expenditures in four different types of ICT–components. If two…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-44 // 2003

    Is the Behavior of German Venture Capitalists Different? Evidence from the Neuer Markt

    Using a unique, hand-collected database of all venture- backed firms listed on Germany's Neuer Markt, we analyze the history of venture capital financing of these firms before the IPO and the behavior of venture…

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