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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
Periodical ZEW Publications
Publication Series
ZEW Expertises & Research Reports
External Research Publications
  1. 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…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  2. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. 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…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  4. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  5. 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…

    Digital Economy
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-45 // 2003

    Multifaktormodelle zur Erklärung deutscher Aktienrenditen: Eine empirische Analyse

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  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…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-43 // 2003

    Bildungspolitik in Frankreich

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-42 // 2003

    Changes in Union Membership Over Time: A Panel Analysis for West Germany

    Despite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been declining dramatically since the early 90's. However, aggregate gross membership numbers do…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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